G reat earthquakes of magnitude 8.5 or larger occur infrequently. For a nearly 40-y period after the February of 1965 M 8.7 Rat Islands, Alaska earthquake, the world did not experience a single great earthquake; however, in the 7 y since late December of 2004, there have been a barrage of five great earthquakes. These earthquakes include the 2004 M 9.1 Sumatra, Indonesia earthquake; the 2005 M ...

the aim of this work is to understand the relation between time and place that an earthquake takes place. in order to answer this question, the modified level crossing (mlc) technique has been implemented. by studying two earthquakes, one in iran and one in california we came to the conclusion that there is a relation between time and place of an earthquake occurrence. as a matter of fact, this...