FU YU, ZHANG HONGZHI, XIE JUNYING, HU ZHENcom sh adva. 1987: A STUDY ON THE METHODS FOR DETERMINING LOCAL MAGNITUDES OF EARTHQUAKES. Acta Seismologica Sinica, 9(1): 52-64.
Citation: FU YU, ZHANG HONGZHI, XIE JUNYING, HU ZHENcom sh adva. 1987: A STUDY ON THE METHODS FOR DETERMINING LOCAL MAGNITUDES OF EARTHQUAKES. Acta Seismologica Sinica, 9(1): 52-64.

A STUDY ON THE METHODS FOR DETERMINING LOCAL MAGNITUDES OF EARTHQUAKES

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  • This paper discusses the calibration function used in the formula for determining local magnitude, ML, of earthquakes and the corrections for station site, instrument component, and the azimuth of the station with respect to the epicenter, on the basis of the data from 395 earthquakes (1.0ML6.2; 10 km△600km) recorded by the Beijing Telemetered Seismic Network during the period of 1978 to 1984. The research also stresses the different methods for the determination of magnitude MD by signal duration and the associated errors. The results indicate that the magnitude estimation can have a higher precision by using the method proposed in this paper. With signal duration data from only a few stations or even a single station, an unbiased estimate of magnitude can be obtained without any additional correction. It must be pointed out that the signal duration magnitude, MD, shows a tendency of saturation when the magnitude is greater than 4.8. In that case satisfactory results may be obtained by using another fitting equation with a greater slope.
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    [1] Båth, M., Earthquake magnitude——recent research and current trends, F.arth——Science Reviews, 17, 315——398,1981.

    [2] L.ee, W. H. K., R. E. Bennett, and K. L. Meagher, A method of estimating magnitude of local cart——hqukes from Signal duration, Geol. Surv. Open——File Rep. (U. S.) 28.

    [3] 中国科学院地球物理研究所,近震分析,246——248,地震出版社,1977,

    [4] 陈培善、秦嘉政,量规函数、台站方位、台基及不同侧量方法对近震震级My的影响,地震学报,5,87——98,1983,

    [5] 秦嘉政、陈培善,用地震波的持续时间侧定川滇地区的近震震级,地震学报,6,58——64,1984,

    [6] 高龙生,尾波研究现状述评,国际地震动态,1985,1:9——12,

    [7] 李庆杨、王能超、易大义,数值分析,96——102,华中工学院出版社,1982,

    [8] 浙江大学数学系高等数学教研组,概率论与数理统计,38一126,228——253,人民教育出版社,1979.
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