SeismicHandler - Waveform Analysis Tool

Menu entry mb

Determines body wave magnitude for teleseismic signals. It needs an amplitude measurement on one or more P waves before, by convention read from WWSSN-SP simulated traces. The steps to perform to come to a magnitude determination are:

From all P amplitudes determined a magnitude will be computed. The formula applied is

mb = log10(ampl/period) + sigma(distance)

where sigma is (from 16 deg to 120 deg in steps of 1 deg):

		5.9,5.9,5.9,6.0,6.0,6.1,6.2,6.3,6.3,6.5,6.4,6.5,6.6,
		6.6,6.6,6.7,6.7,6.7,6.7,6.7,6.6,6.5,6.5,6.4,6.4,6.5,6.5,6.5,6.5,
		6.7,6.8,6.9,6.9,6.8,6.7,6.7,6.7,6.7,6.8,6.8,6.8,6.8,6.8,6.8,6.8,
		6.6,7.0,6.9,7.0,7.0,7.0,7.0,7.0,7.0,6.9,6.9,6.9,6.9,6.8,6.8,6.9,
		6.9,6.9,6.8,6.7,6.8,6.9,7.0,7.0,7.0,6.9,6.9,7.1,7.0,7.0,7.1,7.1,
		7.2,7.1,7.2,7.3,7.4,7.5,7.5,7.4,7.3,7.4,7.5,7.6,7.7,7.8,7.9,7.9,
		8.0,8.1,8.2,8.2,8.4,8.6,8.7,8.8,8.9,9.0,9.0,9.0

 

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