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Earthquake Distribution

Earthquake Distribution is a geospatial pattern construct in plate tectonics that characterizes the spatial arrangement of seismic events at lithospheric boundaries, distinguished by its systematic correlation with tectonic plate interactions and fault zones.

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Variations in earthquake-size distribution across different stress regimes

Danijel Schorlemmer, Stefan Wiemer, Max Wyss · Nature · 2005 · 1.1K citations

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Spatial distribution of earthquakes and subduction of the Nazca plate beneath South America

Muawia Barazangi, Bryan L. Isacks · Geology · 1976 · 847 citations

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Active structures of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen and their relationships to earthquake distribution, contemporary strain field, and Cenozoic volcanism

Michael H. Taylor, An Yin · Geosphere · 2009 · 531 citations · Full text

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Statistical analysis of an earthquake-induced landslide distribution — the 1989 Loma Prieta, California event

David K. Keefer · Engineering Geology · 2000 · 453 citations

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The Gutenberg-Richter or characteristic earthquake distribution, which is it?

Steven G. Wesnousky · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 1994 · 430 citations

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  1. YY
    Y. Y. Kagan

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    14 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. JJ
    James Jackson

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 905 citations

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  3. BL
    Bryan L. Isacks

    Cornell University, United States

    7 publications · 1.4K citations

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  4. LC
    Lauro Chiaraluce

    Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy

    6 publications · 551 citations

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  5. AU
    Agustín Udías

    Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

    6 publications · 141 citations

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  1. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    31 h-index

    174 publications

    9.1K citations

  2. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    23 h-index

    59 publications

    7.5K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    17 h-index

    57 publications

    4.6K citations

  4. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    17 h-index

    54 publications

    3.2K citations

  5. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    14 h-index

    18 publications

    2.9K citations

  6. Tohoku University

    Sendai, Japan

    14 h-index

    40 publications

    3.2K citations

  7. National Geophysical Research Institute

    Hyderabad, India

    13 h-index

    55 publications

    2.3K citations

  8. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    13 h-index

    18 publications

    2.7K citations

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  1. Geophysical Journal International

    GJI · 63 publications · 5.4K citations

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  2. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

    BSSA · 69 publications · 4K citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 52 publications · 5.4K citations

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  4. Tectonophysics

    71 publications · 3.6K citations

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    40 publications · 2.2K citations

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