Program for computing seismic hazard

Depth of the sources

Depth of the sources

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Asked_at_class posted this 23 October 2017

If I do not know the depth to be assigned to a seismic source, how can I specify this field?

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Content_Manager posted this 23 October 2017

If you do not know the seismic source’s depth, you can assume it is a source that is parallel to earth’s surface with depth equal to average depth of whole earthquakes inside that source. This means that depth will be the same for all source vertexes.

Asked_at_class posted this 23 October 2017

Should I use the negative symbol (-) before the depth number (regardless of the case)?

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Content_Manager posted this 23 October 2017

Depth values (in km) must be provided always as positive numbers. A negative depth would mean events above earth’s surface.

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