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8.2.45.55 octave.dataset.quakes ¶

Static Method: out = quakes () ¶

Locations of Earthquakes off Fiji

Description ¶

The data set give the locations of 1000 seismic events of MB > 4.0. The events occurred in a cube near Fiji since 1964.

Format ¶

lat

Latitude of event.

long

Longitude of event.

depth

Depth (km).

mag

Richter magnitude.

stations

Number of stations reporting.

Details ¶

There are two clear planes of seismic activity. One is a major plate junction; the other is the Tonga trench off New Zealand. These data constitute a subsample from a larger dataset of containing 5000 observations.

Source ¶

This is one of the Harvard PRIM-H project data sets. They in turn obtained it from Dr. John Woodhouse, Dept. of Geophysics, Harvard University.

References ¶

G. E. P. Box and G. M. Jenkins (1976). Time Series Analysis, Forecasting and Control. San Francisco: Holden-Day. p. 537.

P. J. Brockwell and R. A. Davis (1991). Time Series: Theory and Methods. Second edition. New York: Springer-Verlag. p. 414.

Examples ¶

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