Temporal Variation and Statistical Assessment of the b Value off the Pacific Coast of Tokachi, Hokkaido, Japan
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Earthquake Data
3. Methods
3.1. Estimation of Magnitude of Completeness (Mc)
3.2. Calculation of the b Value
3.3. Statistical Assessment of Temporal b Value Changes
4. Results
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Xie, W.; Hattori, K.; Han, P. Temporal Variation and Statistical Assessment of the b Value off the Pacific Coast of Tokachi, Hokkaido, Japan. Entropy 2019, 21, 249. https://doi.org/10.3390/e21030249
Xie W, Hattori K, Han P. Temporal Variation and Statistical Assessment of the b Value off the Pacific Coast of Tokachi, Hokkaido, Japan. Entropy. 2019; 21(3):249. https://doi.org/10.3390/e21030249
Chicago/Turabian StyleXie, Weiyun, Katsumi Hattori, and Peng Han. 2019. "Temporal Variation and Statistical Assessment of the b Value off the Pacific Coast of Tokachi, Hokkaido, Japan" Entropy 21, no. 3: 249. https://doi.org/10.3390/e21030249
APA StyleXie, W., Hattori, K., & Han, P. (2019). Temporal Variation and Statistical Assessment of the b Value off the Pacific Coast of Tokachi, Hokkaido, Japan. Entropy, 21(3), 249. https://doi.org/10.3390/e21030249