Title of article :
Order parameter analysis of seismicity of the Mexican Pacific coast
Author/Authors :
Ramيrez-Rojas، نويسنده , , A. and Flores-Mلrquez، نويسنده , , E.L.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2013
Abstract :
The natural time domain has shown to be an important tool to obtain relevant information hidden in time series of complex systems not easily obtainable by means of standard analysis methods. By assuming that tectonism is a complex system and that earthquakes are similar to a phase transition, it is possible to define an order parameter for seismicity in the context of the natural time domain. In this work we analyze the statistical features of the order parameter (OP) computed for the seismic Mexican catalog spanning from 1974 to 2012. We found that in four out of the six regions the pdf of the order parameter fluctuations is similar with that earlier reported by other authors, but in two of these regions noticeable differences are identified. Also, except for Michoacلn, the scaled pdfs analysis of all regions collapse on a universal curve with non-Gaussian tails.
Keywords :
Natural time analysis , seismicity , probability distribution function , order parameter
Journal title :
Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Journal title :
Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications