Articles | Volume 24, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-24-179-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-24-179-2017
Research article
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27 Apr 2017
Research article |  | 27 Apr 2017

Sandpile-based model for capturing magnitude distributions and spatiotemporal clustering and separation in regional earthquakes

Rene C. Batac, Antonino A. Paguirigan Jr., Anjali B. Tarun, and Anthony G. Longjas

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AR by Rene Batac on behalf of the Authors (08 Sep 2016)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (29 Oct 2016) by Richard Gloaguen
RR by Francois Landes (07 Nov 2016)
RR by Stefan Hergarten (22 Nov 2016)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by Editor) (04 Jan 2017) by Richard Gloaguen
AR by Rene Batac on behalf of the Authors (10 Jan 2017)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (11 Jan 2017) by Richard Gloaguen
AR by Rene Batac on behalf of the Authors (17 Jan 2017)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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Short summary
The sandpile-based model is the paradigm model of self-organized criticality (SOC), a mechanism believed to be responsible for the occurrence of scale-free (power-law) distributions in nature. One particular SOC system that is rife with power-law distributions is that of earthquakes, the most widely known of which is the Gutenberg–Richter (GR) law of earthquake energies. Here, we modify the sandpile to be of use in capturing the energy, space, and time statistics of earthquakes simultaneously.