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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1911-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1911-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Earthquake hazard characterization by using entropy: application to northern Chilean earthquakes
Departamento de Química y Física, Universidad de Almería, 04120 Almeria, Spain
Instituto Andaluz de Geofísica, Campus Universitario de Cartuja, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Denisse Pasten
Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de
Chile, 7800003 Santiago, Chile
Eugenio E. Vogel
Departamento de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad de La Frontera,
Casilla 54-D, 4811230 Temuco, Chile
Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA), 9170124 Santiago, Chile
Gonzalo Saravia
Los Eucaliptus 1189, 4812537 Temuco, Chile
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In this paper we understand an earthquake from a thermodynamics point of view as an irreversible transition; then it must suppose an increase in entropy. We use > 100 000 earthquakes in northern Chile to test the theory that Shannon entropy, H, is an indicator of the equilibrium state. Using variation in H, we were able to detect major earthquakes and their foreshocks and aftershocks, including the 2007 Mw 7.8 Tocopilla earthquake and 2014 Mw 8.1 Iquique earthquake.
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