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A statistical model for estimating the accuracy of event location applied to a network of Scandinavian stations

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A statistical model for estimating the errors of epicenter location and origin time is proposed and applied to the old Fennoscandian seismic network. An average crustal model (Sellevoll andPomeroy, 1968) and P and S wave residuals as a function of azimuth have been used. The calculations are carried out for different maximum detection ranges. The analysis shows relatively, small (∼1 km) standard errors of epicenter location of strong earthquakes for central Fennoscandia. The largest errors are found in the southern and eastern parts of Fennoscandia.

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  1. Andrzej Kijko

    Present address: Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis University, Laclede Station, P.O. Box 8099, 63156, St Louis, MO, USA

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  1. Seismological Observatory, University of Bergen, Norway

    Markvard A. Sellevoll

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On leave from Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.

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Kijko, A., Sellevoll, M.A. A statistical model for estimating the accuracy of event location applied to a network of Scandinavian stations. PAGEOPH 120, 186–196 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00879436

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