65. Kagan Y. Y. "Seismic moment distribution revisited: I. Statistical results", Geophys. J. Int., 148, 520-541, 2002.

Kagan, Y. Y., 2002. Seismic moment distribution revisited: I. Statistical results - manuscript LaTeX file, GJI macros

GJI LaTeX macros, gjib.sty

Kagan, Y. Y., 2002. Seismic moment distribution revisited: I. Statistical results - manuscript text (in PostScript)

Its figures (in PostScript): Fig. 1a; Fig. 1b; Fig. 2a; Fig. 2b; Fig. 3; Fig. 4; Fig. 5; Fig. 6; Fig. 7 .

Fig. 5 update 1982-2004

Corrections, PS file

My publications and manuscripts on the same or similar topics, available on Web:

Knopoff, Kagan, and R. Knopoff, BSSA, 72, 1663, 1982; Kagan, GJI, 106, 123, 1991; Kagan, BSSA, 83, 7, 1993; Kagan, Tectonophysics, 245, 101, 1995; Sornette, Knopoff, Kagan, and Vanneste, JGR, 101, 13,883, 1996; Kagan, JGR, 102, 2835, 1997; Kagan, PAGEOPH, 155, 537, 1999; Kagan and Schoenberg, J. Appl. Probab., 38A, 158, 2001; Kagan, GJI, 149, 731, 2002; Bird, Kagan, and Jackson, "Plate tectonics and Plate Boundary Zones, eds. S. Stein and J. T. Freymueller, 203-218, 2002; "EARTHQUAKES: SCIENCE AND HAZARD REDUCTION", 2002 NATO Arbus book components"; Bird and Kagan, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., 94(6), 2380-2399, 2004 .

Pacheco, J. F., C. H. Scholz, and L. R. Sykes, 1992. Changes in frequency-size relationship from small to large earthquakes, Nature, 355, 71-73, PDF file 0.36 Mb. .

FORTRAN codes and catalog files for estimation of moment distribution parameters

Engdahl and Villasenor, 2001; Centennial catalog

Peter Bird adaptation of maximum likelihood map program: use BetaCorner.f90, Adobe_Illustrator.f90, AI7frame.ai:

FORTRAN90 maximum likelihood map programs

MOMENT DISTRIBUTION UPDATE: SHALLOW EARTHQUAKES 1977-2006

Likelihood Map

Moment distribution

Moment magnitude distribution

Publication files:

Kagan, Y. Y., 2002. Seismic moment distribution revisited: I. Statistical results - PDF file, 0.3 Mb

Kagan, Y. Y., 2002. Seismic moment distribution revisited: I. Statistical results - Corrections PS file

Kagan, Y. Y., 2002. Seismic moment distribution revisited: I. Statistical results - PS file with some corrections incorporated, 1.2Mb

Kagan, Y. Y., 2002. Seismic moment distribution revisited: I. Statistical results - HTML file from Synergy, you or your institution should have access to Synergy

Abstract from Blackwell Synergy

PREVIOUS AND SUBSEQUENT PUBLICATIONS ON THE SAME TOPIC:

11. Knopoff, L., Y. Y. Kagan, and R. Knopoff, 1982. b-values for fore- and aftershocks in real and simulated earthquake sequences, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., 72, 1663-1676. (FMS ms file)

35. Kagan, Y. Y., 1993. Statistics of characteristic earthquakes, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., 83, 7-24. (TEDI ms file)

46. Sornette, D., L. Knopoff, Y. Y. Kagan, and C. Vanneste, 1996. Rank-ordering statistics of extreme events: Application to the distribution of large earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 13,883-13,893.

49. Kagan, Y. Y., 1997. Seismic moment-frequency relation for shallow earthquakes: Regional comparison, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 2835-2852.

64. Kagan, Y. Y., and F. Schoenberg "Estimation of the Upper Cutoff Parameter for the Tapered Pareto Distribution", (David Vere-Jones' Festschrift, edited by D. J. Daley), J. Appl. Probab., 38A, 158-175, 2001.

67. Kagan Y. Y. "Seismic moment distribution revisited: II. Moment conservation principle", Geophys. J. Int., 149, 731-754, 2002.

75. Bird, P., and Y. Y. Kagan, 2004. "Plate-tectonic analysis of shallow seismicity: apparent boundary width, beta, corner magnitude, coupled lithosphere thickness, and coupling in seven tectonic settings", Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., 94(6), 2380-2399.