The seismicity of the British Isles
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A new and homogeneous catalogue of earthquakes in the British Isles has been produced, including events of magnitude 4 ML and greater to 1700 and events of 3 ML and greater thereafter. The distribution of seismicity is uneven, with some areas (e.g Ireland) almost aseismic. Magnitude/frequency analysis shows that a double-tl.uncated exponential distribution gives a better fit than a classic Gutenberg-Richter linear fit. Thecacnlated b value for the linear part of the exponential distribution is 0.94 with a maximum magnitude
of 6.2 ML.
of 6.2 ML.
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Musson RMW. The seismicity of the British Isles. Ann. Geophys. [Internet]. 1996Nov.25 [cited 2021Oct.20];39(3). Available from: https://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/3982
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