Revising the Seismic Ground Truth Reference Event Identification Criteria
Accounting for improvements in the location algorithms used to relocate seismic events, we investigate the criteria used to identify well constrained seismic event locations, particularly seismic Ground Truth events. By relocating explosions with known epicentres using modern location techniques, w...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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McGill University
2025-07-01
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| Series: | Seismica |
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| Online Access: | https://seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view/1536 |
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| Summary: | Accounting for improvements in the location algorithms used to relocate seismic events, we investigate the criteria used to identify well constrained seismic event locations, particularly seismic Ground Truth events. By relocating explosions with known epicentres using modern location techniques, we have determined that the parameter measuring unbalanced station distributions, ΔU, can be replaced by a more general measure of azimuthal station coverage defined as the Cyclic Polygon Quotient. This is the ratio of the area of a cyclic polygon formed by connecting event to station azimuths on a unitary circle, and the area of the unitary circle. We demonstrate that the semi-major axis of the error ellipse after relocation is a strong discriminant of location quality. We show that hypocentre depth can be resolved where multiple seismic stations report both P & S phase arrivals, providing an alternative to the previous Ground Truth identification criteria, which requires a station within 10 km of the event. These findings are incorporated into an updated set of criteria for identifying well constrained seismic event locations. We show that the updated criteria increases both the number and geographic distribution of Ground Truth events that can be added to the IASPEI Reference Events List.
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| ISSN: | 2816-9387 |