Table 1. Summary of the model parameters used for “All Japan,” “Mainland,” and “Kanto.” d, depth range of the events used to generate the forecasts; b, b-value of the GR law (Eq. (1)); t0, start time of the learning period; ML, lower cutoff magnitude; S, smoothing parameter.
From: Earthquake forecasts for the CSEP Japan experiment based on the RI algorithm
Testing region | Box size | Number of boxes | d | b | t 0 | M L | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Japan | 0.1° | 20062 | 0–100 km | 0.9 | 1/1/1998 00:00:00 | 3.0 | 10, 30, 50, and 100 km |
Mainland | 0.1° | 5483 | 0–30 km | 0.9 | 1/1/1998 00:00:00 | 2.0 | 10, 30, 50, and 100 km |
Kanto | 0.05° | 3111 | 0–100 km | 0.9 | 1/1/1998 00:00:00 | 2.5 | 10, 30, 50, and 100 km |