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http://hdl.handle.net/2122/1634| Authors: | Musson, R. M. W. | Title: | The seismicity of the British Isles | Issue Date: | May-1996 | Series/Report no.: | 3/39 (1996) | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2122/1634 | Keywords: | seismicity British isles historical earthquakes |
Subject Classification: | 04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.99. General or miscellaneous | Abstract: | A new and homogeneous catalogue of earthquakes in the British Isles has been produced, including events of magnitude 4 ML and greater to 1700 and events of 3 ML and greater thereafter. The distribution of seismicity is uneven, with some areas (e.g Ireland) almost aseismic. Magnitude/frequency analysis shows that a double-tl.uncated exponential distribution gives a better fit than a classic Gutenberg-Richter linear fit. Thecacnlated b value for the linear part of the exponential distribution is 0.94 with a maximum magnitude of 6.2 ML. |
| Appears in Collections: | Annals of Geophysics |
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