On the Statistical Significance of the Variability Minima of the Order Parameter of Seismicity by Means of Event Coincidence Analysis

Stavros Christopoulos; E.S. Skordas; N. V. Sarlis

doi:10.3390/app10020662

On the Statistical Significance of the Variability Minima of the Order Parameter of Seismicity by Means of Event Coincidence Analysis

Stavros Christopoulos, E.S. Skordas, N. V. Sarlis

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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Abstract

Natural time analysis has led to the introduction of an order parameter for seismicity when considering earthquakes as critical phenomena. The study of the fluctuations of this order parameter has shown that its variability exhibits minima before strong earthquakes. In this paper, we evaluate the statistical significance of such minima by using the recent method of event coincidence analysis. Our study includes the variability minima identified before major earthquakes in Japan and Eastern Mediterranean as well as in global seismicity.

Original language	English
Article number	662
Number of pages	19
Journal	Applied Sciences
Volume	10
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/app10020662
Publication status	Published - 17 Jan 2020

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earthquake physics
natural time analysis
event coincidence analysis
Japan
Eastern Mediterranean
global seismicity

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