Synonyms
Earthquakes; Seismic events; Seismic signals; Seismogram; Volcanic events
Introduction
Seismic stations record signals continuously; however, the main interest for the user is the recordings of seismic events. The events will normally be contained in a very small fraction of the actually recorded signal (Fig. 1).
A seismogram for a 24 h period. Detected events are indicated with the name of the region where the earthquake occurred, D is the distance from the station to the event in degrees, h is the depth of the earthquake, and M is the magnitude (Figure from www.okgeosurvey1.gov/seis/20011219.gif)
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Havskov, J., Alguacil, G. (2015). Seismic Event Detection. In: Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I.A., Patelli, E., Au, SK. (eds) Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35344-4_185
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