On the calculation of smoothing kernels for seismic parameter spatial mapping: methodology and examples

Montiel-López, David; Molina, Sergio; Galiana-Merino, Juan José; Gómez, Igor

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-91-2023

Articles | Volume 23, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-91-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-91-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 1

Research article

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13 Jan 2023

Research article |

| 13 Jan 2023

On the calculation of smoothing kernels for seismic parameter spatial mapping: methodology and examples

David Montiel-López, Sergio Molina, Juan José Galiana-Merino, and Igor Gómez

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Status: closed

RC1:
'Comment on nhess-2022-191', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Aug 2022

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Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2022-191-RC1
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', David Montiel, 27 Aug 2022
  
  Greetings,
  In the following pdf file we answer to the referee's questions.
  Best regards!
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2022-191-AC1
RC2:
'Comment on nhess-2022-191', Anonymous Referee #2, 31 Aug 2022

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Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2022-191-RC2
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', David Montiel, 13 Sep 2022
  
  Greetings,
  First of all, thank your for your remarks and questions as they helped us to improve our work.
  The answers to all the questions and comments can be found in the attached pdf file.
  Best regards!
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2022-191-AC2

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (19 Sep 2022) by Filippos Vallianatos

AR by David Montiel on behalf of the Authors (21 Sep 2022) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (26 Nov 2022) by Filippos Vallianatos

AR by David Montiel on behalf of the Authors (27 Nov 2022) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (10 Dec 2022) by Filippos Vallianatos

AR by David Montiel on behalf of the Authors (12 Dec 2022) Manuscript

Short summary

One of the most effective ways to describe the seismicity of a region is to map the b-value parameter of the Gutenberg-Richter law. This research proposes the study of the spatial cell-event distance distribution to define the smoothing kernel that controls the influence of the data. The results of this methodology depict tectonic stress changes before and after intense earthquakes happen, so it could enable operational earthquake forecasting (OEF) and tectonic source profiling.