Distribution of epicenters in the Olami-Feder-Christensen model

Tiago P Peixoto1, Carmen P C Prado

  • 1Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 66318, 05315-970 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. tpeixoto@if.usp.br

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