Interactive comment on “Foreshocks and Short-Term Hazard Assessment to Large Earthquakes using Complex Networks: the Case of the 2009 L’Aquila Earthquake” by E. Daskalaki et al

Interactive comment on “Foreshocks and Short-Term Hazard Assessment to Large Earthquakes using Complex Networks: the Case of the 2009 L’Aquila Earthquake” by E. Daskalaki

Interactive comment on “Foreshocks and Short-Term Hazard Assessment to Large Earthquakes using Complex Networks: the Case of the 2009 L’Aquila Earthquake” by E. Daskalaki et al

Response. The proposed approach results to a directed network. In the appendix we give the definitions of statistical measures for directed networks. For example the first equation in the appendix gives the clustering coefficient for a directed graph, as it is defined by Fagiolo, Physical Review E 76, 026107 2007. According to this definition, the clustering coefficient is again the ratio betwe...

Foreshocks and Short-Term Hazard Assessment to Large Earthquakes using Complex Networks: the Case of the 2009 L’Aquila Earthquake

The monitoring of statistical network properties could be useful for the short-term hazard assessment of the occurrence of mainshocks in the presence of foreshocks. Using successive connections between events acquired from the 10 earthquake catalogue of INGV for the case of the L’Aquila (Italy) mainshock (Mw = 6.3) of 6th April 2009, we provide evidence that network measures, both global (e.g. ...

Ancient Iranian Earthquakes: Chehr-Abad Salt Mine

Modern plate tectonic theory, the development of earthquake prediction and the mitigation of earthquake hazards are based on the study of earthquakes during the twentieth century. Investigation of earthquakes over a much longer period, although in no way invalidating the global importance of plate tectonics, shows that patterns of seismic activity do change with time and that areas of intense s...

Statistical Prediction of Probable Seismic Hazard Zonation of Iran Using Self-organized Artificial Intelligence Model

The Iranian plateau has been known as one of the most seismically active regions of the world, and it frequently suffers destructive and catastrophic earthquakes that cause heavy loss of human life and widespread damage. Earthquakes are regularly felt on all sides of the region. Prediction of the occurrence location of the future earthquakes along with determining the probability percentage can...