Model of earthquake generation exhibiting self-organized criticality with self-affine fault surfaces

Tomohiro Hasumi*, Shin Ya Komura, Masashi Kamogawa, Yoshihiro Yamazaki

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Abstract

Generation of earthquakes has not been still understood. However, some statistical properties of seismicity are established such as magnitude-frequency distribution indicating power law. In this study, we numerically investigate one-dimensional spring-block earthquake model, considering self-affine fault surfaces, in order to understand such statistical properties.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)237-238
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume31
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006 Mar 22

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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