Glossary

The Sampling Interval (Time Step) corresponds to the time step between two consecutive points of the record

An ordered arrangement of seismometers

The magnitude of the component couple of the double couple that is the point force system equivalent to a fault slip in an isotropic elastic body. It is equal to rigidity times the fault slip integrated over the fault plane.

A seismic network indicates a set of recording instruments (short-period

The seismic sequence is a series of earthquakes which occur in the same region at close intervals of time.

The brittle tectonic element either causative of a particular seismic event/mainshock(s) of a given sequence or deemed potentially responsible for a future one.