Reply to comment by P. Rydelek et al. on ‘‘Earthquake magnitude estimation from peak amplitudes of very early seismic signals on strong motion records’’

Abstract

Based on the analysis of Mediterranean, near-source, strong motion records Zollo et al. [2006] (hereinafter referred to as ZLN) showed that peak displacement amplitudes of initial P- and S-wave seismic signals scales with the earthquake size in the moment magnitude range 4 < Mw < 7.4. Similar evidence have been also reported for southern California [Wu and Zhao, 2006] and Taiwan [Wu et al., 2006] using only P-wave arrivals up to 100 km distance on mostly short period and broadband waveform data.PublishedL203033.1. Fisica dei terremotiJCR Journalreserve