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Stothers 1990

Stothers, R.B., 1990: A search for long-term periodicities in large earthquakes of southern and coastal central California. Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 1981-1984, doi:10.1029/GL017i011p01981.

It has been occasionally suggested that large earthquakes may follow the 8.85-year and 18.6-year lunar-solar tidal cycles and possibly the ∼ 11-year solar activity cycle. From a new study of earthquakes with magnitudes ≥ 5.5 in southern and coastal central California during the years 1855-1983, it is concluded that, at least in this selected area of the world, no statistically significant long-term periodicities in earthquake frequency occur. The sample size used is about twice that used in comparable earlier studies of this region, which concentrated on large earthquakes.

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@article{st09500o,
  author={Stothers, R. B.},
  title={A search for long-term periodicities in large earthquakes of southern and coastal central California},
  year={1990},
  journal={Geophysical Research Letters},
  volume={17},
  pages={1981--1984},
  doi={10.1029/GL017i011p01981},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - st09500o
AU  - Stothers, R. B.
PY  - 1990
TI  - A search for long-term periodicities in large earthquakes of southern and coastal central California
JA  - Geophys. Res. Lett.
JO  - Geophysical Research Letters
VL  - 17
SP  - 1981
EP  - 1984
DO  - 10.1029/GL017i011p01981
ER  -

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