Geodynamics, seismicity, and seismic hazards of the Caucasus

A Ismail-Zadeh, S Adamia, A Chabukiani… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Being a part of ongoing continental collision between the Arabian and Eurasian plates, the
Caucasus region is a remarkable site of moderate to strong seismicity, where devastating …

Characteristic earthquake magnitude frequency distributions on faults calculated from consensus data in California

T Parsons, EL Geist, R Console… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
An estimate of the expected earthquake rate at all possible magnitudes is needed for
seismic hazard forecasts. Regional earthquake magnitude frequency distributions obey a …

Algorithmic Identification of the Precursory Scale Increase Phenomenon in Earthquake Catalogs

A Christophersen, DA Rhoades… - Seismological …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The precursory scale increase (Ψ) phenomenon describes the sudden increase in rate and
magnitude in a precursory area AP, at precursor time TP, and with precursor magnitude MP …

Combinatorial optimization of earthquake spatial distributions under minimum cumulative stress constraints

EL Geist, T Parsons - Bulletin of the Seismological …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We determine optimal on‐fault earthquake spatial distributions using a combinatorial
method that minimizes the long‐term cumulative stress resolved on the fault. An integer …

Physics‐Based Simulation of Spatiotemporal Patterns of Earthquakes in the Corinth Gulf, Greece, Fault System

R Console, R Carluccio, M Murru… - Bulletin of the …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT A physics‐based earthquake simulation algorithm for modeling the long‐term
spatiotemporal process of strong (M≥ 6.0) earthquakes in Corinth Gulf area, Greece, is …

[HTML][HTML] Seismogenic potential and tsunami threat of the strike-slip Carboneras fault in the western Mediterranean from physics-based earthquake simulations

JA Álvarez-Gómez, P Herrero-Barbero… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2023 - nhess.copernicus.org
Strike-slip fault ruptures have a limited capacity to generate vertical deformation, and for this
reason they are usually dismissed as potential destructive tsunami sources. At the western …

Impact of Variable Fault Geometries and Slip Rates on Earthquake Catalogs From Physics‐Based Simulations of a Normal Fault

E Delogkos, A Howell, H Seebeck… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Physics‐based earthquake simulators have been developed to overcome the relatively short
duration and incompleteness of historical earthquake and paleoseismic records …

On the effect of background seismicity in physics-based earthquake simulations

A Bazrafshan, N Khaji, R Paolucci - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Physics-based simulations have been extensively employed to generate synthetic
earthquake catalogs over the past decade. In this kind of simulation, primary known faults …

A Novel Method to Determine Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Using a Physics‐Based Synthetic Earthquake Catalog: A New Zealand Case Study

L Hughes, W Power, EM Lane… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tsunamis can have devastating consequences for coastal communities. Yet hazards from
future tsunamis are difficult to quantify due to their rarity in the instrumental record. Statistical …

Earthquake magnitude distributions on northern Caribbean faults from combinatorial optimization models

EL Geist, US ten Brink - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
On‐fault earthquake magnitude distributions are calculated for northern Caribbean faults
using estimates of fault slip and regional seismicity parameters. Integer programming, a …