%0 Journal Article %1 bak02 %A Bak, Per %A Christensen, Kim %A Danon, Leon %A Scanlon, Tim %D 2002 %I American Physical Society %J Physical Review Letters %K criticality, earthquake, physics, scaling %N 17 %P 178501+ %R 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.178501 %T Unified Scaling Law for Earthquakes %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.178501 %V 88 %X We show that the distribution of waiting times between earthquakes occurring in California obeys a simple unified scaling law valid from tens of seconds to tens of years. The short time clustering; commonly referred to as aftershocks; is nothing but the short time limit of the general hierarchical properties of earthquakes. There is no unique operational way of distinguishing between main shocks and aftershocks. In the unified law; the Gutenberg-Richter b value; the exponent -1 of the Omori law for aftershocks; and the fractal dimension d f of earthquakes appear as critical indices.

@article{bak02, abstract = {We show that the distribution of waiting times between earthquakes occurring in California obeys a simple unified scaling law valid from tens of seconds to tens of years. The short time clustering; commonly referred to as aftershocks; is nothing but the short time limit of the general hierarchical properties of earthquakes. There is no unique operational way of distinguishing between main shocks and aftershocks. In the unified law; the Gutenberg-Richter b value; the exponent -1 of the Omori law for aftershocks; and the fractal dimension d f of earthquakes appear as critical indices.}, added-at = {2009-09-24T14:55:30.000+0200}, author = {Bak, Per and Christensen, Kim and Danon, Leon and Scanlon, Tim}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/24640f50c9a1228c828287382cc182356/andreacapocci}, citeulike-article-id = {5229729}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.178501}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v88/i17/e178501}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://link.aps.org/pdf/PRL/v88/i17/e178501}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.178501}, interhash = {1e33cd5b0f4d00e7a33ed8d3cb1a2b66}, intrahash = {4640f50c9a1228c828287382cc182356}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {criticality, earthquake, physics, scaling}, month = Apr, number = 17, pages = {178501+}, posted-at = {2009-07-22 16:45:56}, priority = {0}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, timestamp = {2009-09-24T14:55:31.000+0200}, title = {Unified Scaling Law for Earthquakes}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.178501}, volume = 88, year = 2002 }