A revision of seismicity models based on complex systems and earthquake networks

Abstract

Statistical laws such as the Omori and Gutenberg-Richter laws have become one of the most important tools for seismic hazard. The introduction of earthquake networks by Abe and Suzuki has opened a new research field in seismology, which gives an option to view the seismicity as a complex phenomena in an approachable way and may help to improve seismic hazard assesment. This paper intends to make a revision of the earthquake network models proposed in the literature, and to look for open questions by the date which may be of interest for future research.

Correlation Properties in Worldwide and Synthetic Earthquake Networks

“…The authors constructed earthquake networks for seismic data from California and Japan, taking into account spatial and temporal information of successive earthquakes. After Abe's seminal paper, several authors have been applying similar D r a f t complex network concepts to earthquake studies (Lotfi & Darooneh, 2012;Ferreira et al, 2014;Pastén et al, 2016;He et al, 2021;Leon et al, 2022). It is noteworthy that over the years, other authors have also studied the earthquake phenomenon under the viewpoint of complex networks, by using approaches different from Abe & Suzuki, such as the Baiesi-Packzuski model (Baiesi & Paczuski, 2004), the visibility graph model (Telesca & Lovallo, 2012), and the space-time influence domain (He et al, 2014).…”