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1Departament de Física, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici Cc, E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain. Alvaro.Corral@uab.es
Abstract:
A recently proposed unified scaling law for interoccurrence times of earthquakes is analyzed, both theoretically and with data from Southern California. We decompose the corresponding probability density into local-instantaneous distributions, which scale with the rate of earthquake occurrence. The fluctuations of the rate, characterizing the nonstationarity of the process, show a double power-law distribution and are fundamental to determine the overall behavior, described by a double power law as well.
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