Analysis of temporal structures of seismic events on different scale levels

Abstract

A statistical model for describing the scaling of the distribution of inter-event times is described. By considering the diverse region seismicity (natural and induced) at different scale levels the self-similarity of the distribution has been determined. Significant deviations occur only in the area of maximum magnitude (maximum energy class). A comparison between the distribution of inter-event times at different scale levels and the most popular distributions of reliability theory has been carried out. The distribution of inter-event times for different scale levels is well approximated by the Weibull distribution. The Weibull distribution, with parameters which obey the scaling model and the Gutenberg-Richter law, have been tested.