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The quality of earthquake prediction is usually characterized by a two-dimensional diagram n versus τ, where n is the rate of failures-to-predict and τ is a characteristic of space-time alarm. Unlike the time prediction case, the quantity τ is not defined uniquely. We start from the case in which τ is a vector with components related to the local alarm times and find a simple structure of the space-time diagram in terms of local time diagrams. This key result is used to analyze the usual 2-d error sets n, τ w in which τ w is a weighted mean of the τ components and w is the weight vector. We suggest a simple algorithm to find the (n, τ w ) representation of all random guess strategies, the set D, and prove that there exists the unique case of w when D degenerates to the diagonal n + τ w = 1. We find also a confidence zone of D on the (n, τ w ) plane when the local target rates are known roughly. These facts are important for correct interpretation of (n, τ w ) diagrams when we discuss the prediction capability of the data or prediction methods
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Molchan, G. (2010). Space—Time Earthquake Prediction: The Error Diagrams. In: Savage, M.K., Rhoades, D.A., Smith, E.G.C., Gerstenberger, M.C., Vere-Jones, D. (eds) Seismogenesis and Earthquake Forecasting: The Frank Evison Volume II. Pageoph Topical Volumes. Springer, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0346-0500-7_5
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