A new coda-duration magnitude scale for northern Baja California, Mexico

In northern Baja California, coda-durations of seismic signals recorded in the sediments of the Mexicali-Imperial Valley(MIV) are longer than those recorded on the granitic Peninsular Ranges of Baja California (PRBC). The source-receiver distanceand the local geology conditions also affect coda dura...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Antonio Vidal, Luis Munguía
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:México
Institución:Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada
Repositorio:Redalyc-CICESE
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:56844102
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=56844102
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ciencias de la Tierra
coda
duration
Duration magnitude
station correction
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Sumario:In northern Baja California, coda-durations of seismic signals recorded in the sediments of the Mexicali-Imperial Valley(MIV) are longer than those recorded on the granitic Peninsular Ranges of Baja California (PRBC). The source-receiver distanceand the local geology conditions also affect coda duration. Using data from earthquakes in the 1.8-to-5.8-magnitude range, weperformed a multiple regression analysis to get two new duration magnitude relationships as follows: MD = - (1.56 ± 0.21) + (2.44± 0.13) log τ + (0.0023 ± 0.0004)τ + S, for PRBC, and MD = - (1.27 ± 0.38) + (2.31 ± 0.20) log τ + (0.0012 ± 0.0004)τ + S, forMIV, where τ and S are lapse-time values and station corrections, respectively. Station corrections range from -0.60 to +0.19. Thenew magnitudes are calibrated with a local magnitude scale previously defined for the region.