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Articles | Volume 19, issue 6
Articles | Volume 19, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1119-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1119-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 19, issue 6
Research article
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12 Jun 2019
Research article |  | 12 Jun 2019

Taylor's power law in the Wenchuan earthquake sequence with fluctuation scaling

Peijian Shi, Mei Li, Yang Li, Jie Liu, Haixia Shi, Tao Xie, and Chong Yue

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A statistical method is tentatively utilized to study distribution properties of aftershocks of the Wenchuan sequence in the view of energy release. The results show that the events in the Wenchuan sequence are not independent but have mutual attraction, their spatio–temporal distribution tends to be nonrandom but definite and deterministic, and imply it is possible for energy release to be predicted, although we cannot accurately predict the occurrence time and locations of the imminent event.
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