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Taking into account selection in search for connections of tidal forces with earthquakes
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 17th International Conference on Geoinformatics - Theoretical and Applied Aspects, May 2018, Volume 2018, p.1 - 4
Abstract
Usually, the search for possible connections of earthquakes with the Moon and the Sun is carried out using the available earthquake databases. Each database contains a sample of seismic events, the completeness of which for the whole Earth depends on both magnitudes and the hypocenters depth. It is extremely important to take into account the selectivity of each database in order to establish the real connections of earthquakes with the cosmic bodies.
There were analyzed some earthquake databases relative to the completeness of the presented events against the magnitudes and depths of the hypocenters. Examples of possible false conclusions on the connections of tidal forces with earthquakes, which are obtained without taking into account selection, are given.