Effect of the Sumatran mega-earthquake on the global magnitude cut-off and event rate

Ian G. Main; Lun Li; John McCloskey; Mark Naylor

doi:10.1038/ngeo141

Effect of the Sumatran mega-earthquake on the global magnitude cut-off and event rate

Ian G. Main
, Lun Li
, John McCloskey
, Mark Naylor

Geography and Environmental Sciences Research

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Abstract

The great Sumatran earthquake of 2004 allows us to assess the statistics and statistical stability of the global earthquake catalogue from the digital era. A key question is: do such mega-earthquakes continue to follow the Gutenberg–Richter (G–R) trend1, or is there an observable cut-off2?

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	142-142
Journal	Nature Geoscience
Volume	1
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo141
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - Mar 2008

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