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•  Residual Plot: This option provides to the user the opportunity to evaluate the Goodness-of-Fit results as a function of magnitude by examining the residuals between real and modeled data. The modeled data corresponds to power law of the frequency magnitude distribution (black dots) and to the synthetic datasets following this power law (red squares). The horizontal dashed lines indicate the residual values of 10% (upper line) and 5% (lower line), which correspond to the commonly used in literature recommended levels (Figure 4).
•  Plot of b-values with errorbars: This final option shows the b-value fluctuation as a function of magnitude (Figure 5). The errorbars which indicate ± one standard deviation are shown as well. In such way the user may consider the accuracy of calculations and the stability of the b-value as the magnitude changes. The dashed horizontal line denotes b=1.0, which is a value that often characterizes seismic activity in several scales. 
   

Figure 5. b-value of GR law vs Magnitude bins with plot for CME analysis.

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