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Estimating earthquake magnitudes induced by active faults: Bayesian approach

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The magnitude of major earthquakes induced by active faults is essential to seismic hazard analysis. However, the sample size of such earthquakes recorded by the accurate, modern instrumentation is minimal. Hence, the estimate using the (conventional) Frequentist method only based on samples/observations becomes less specific. Like other applications of the Bayesian approach that integrates (limited) observation and prior information, this paper introduces a new one for estimating the magnitude of major earthquakes induced by an active fault. In addition to the Bayesian algorithm, two case studies were also presented in this paper.

Source: Geoscience Letters

DOI: 10.1186/s40562-025-00387-5

Authors: Min-Hao Wu, Jui-Pin Wang, J. Bruce H. Shyu, Su-Chin Chang, Chia-Ying Sung

Institutions: National University of Kaohsiung, National Central University, National Taiwan University, University of Hong Kong

Language: English

Topic: earthquake and tectonic studies

Subfield: Geophysics

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,390

OpenAlex ID: W4409136376