xmlui.dri2xhtml.METS-1.0.item-citation:Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 1996, , 3, 691-700
Date:1996
Abstract:
The problem of statistical estimation of earthquake hazard parameters is considered. The emphasis is on estimation of the maximum regional magnitude, Mmax, and the maximum magnitude, Mmax(T), in a future time interval T and quantiles of its distribution. Two estimators are suggested: an unbiased estimator with the lowest possible variance and a Bayesian estimator. As an illustration, these methods are applied for the estimation of Mma x and related parameters in California and Italy.