User_Guide_SSH

The only data required for Stationary Seismic Hazard  (SSH) application is the catalog containing seismic events ('_catalog.mat' is appended in the filenames contain such catalogs). The User enters his/hers personal workspace and clicks on a seismic events catalog, that is already uploaded (see "AH Episodes" chapter).

For using a selected catalog for SSH, the User shall click on the "Actions" tab and then select consecutively, "USE IN APPLICATION" and "Source size distribution function", as highlighted in Figure 1. 

Figure 1.

Once the application has been selected the User is requested to fulfill some fields with parameter values needed for the SSH analysis (Figure 2). These parameters are:

Using seismic catalog: A catalog has been already uploaded since the previous step, however, the User has the chance to select a different dataset, either from another episode or the any dataset after performing some processing/ filtering (see "AH Episode" and "Data Handling Applications" chapters).

Select Magnitude column: The user may click on the small arrow in the respective tab in order to chose among different magnitude scales, in the cases where they are available (e.g. ML, Mw, etc).

In any case the magnitude range (minimum and maximum magnitude assigned in the catalog) is shown in the screen (M range)

Mmin: The User now is requested to chose the minimum magnitude (completeness level of the catalog). This can be done in two ways. The first is to type a single magnitude value in the empty box, possibly after he/she has performed an individual analysis (see MCE Application). The second is to graphically select the minimum magnitude from the Normal or the Cumulative histograms, which are available after clicking on the respective tabs. In both cases there is option to alter the step of the histogram's bars and to select between linear and logarithmic scale of the Y-axis for the plotting.

Time unit: There are 3 options for this parameter, which are shown after clicking on the small arrow in the box: Day, Month, Year. The time unit will be stored and all the calculations hereinafter will be performed according to this unit.

Magnitude distribution estimation method: Four different methods are available in the IS-EPOS platform: The Unbounded Gutenberg-Richter, the Upper-bounded Gutenberg-Richter, the unbounded non-parametric and the Upper-bounded non parametric estimations. To select one of the aforementioned methods of analysis, the User has to click on the arrow in the respective box.

Magnitude iteration: Here the User is requested to enter minimum ('Start' tab), maximum ('End' tab) and step ('Step' tab) values of the magnitude. After that, the platform will evaluate the distribution parameters as a function of magnitude.

Once all the parameters have been selected, the User may click on the "Run" button (blue button, Figure 2), for the calculation process to be initiated.

Figure 2.

The results of the process include a report with parameters values selected by the user and estimated by the system and two figures, one plotting the PDF (Probability Density Function) of the distribution as a function of magnitude and another one plotting the CDF (Cumulative Distribution Function) of the distribution as a function of magnitude (Figure 3 and Figure 4):

The SSH parameters calculated and shown are depended on the Magnitude distribution estimation method selected. They are summarized in Table 1.

Table 1.

Figure 3.

Figure 4.

The Figures provide the options of choosing among linear, spline and scatter plot, linear logarithmic scale, zooming and saving as .pdf, .svg, .jpeg or .png formats.

The necessary parameters for SSH analysis are now estimated ("ssh_params.mat" in Figure 5) and they are ready to be used in Hazard parameters estimation. This can be achieved by clicking on the "Actions" tab and then selecting "USE IN APPLICATIONS" field. Three such parameters are available in the IS-EPOS platform: Exceedance Probability, Maximum Credible Magnitude and Mean Return Period (top right corner of Figure 5).

Figure 5.

• Exceedance Probability: In addition to the Magnitude Distribution parameters already imported, the User is requested to select the following parameters (Figure 6):

• Choose mode: To options are available by clicking on the arrow in the respective field: "Fixed magnitude" and "Fixed time period length"
• Magnitude/ Period length: Parameter is requested according to the selected mode (Magnitude or Period length, for Fixed magnitude or Fixed time period length, respectively)
• Time period length iteration/ magnitude iteration: Parameter minimum value ("start" tab), maximum value ("end" tab) and step value ("step" tab) are requested according to the selected mode (Time period length of magnitude, for Fixed magnitude or Fixed time period length, respectively).

Figure 6.

The User now has to click on the "Run" button in order to start the calculation process.The results are available in both vector format (red frame of Figure 7), or by a x-y plot shown in Figure 7. 

Figure 7.

• Maximum Credible Magnitude: In this case the User has only to enter a minimum value ("start" tab), a maximum value ("end" tab) and a step value ("step" tab) for the time period length iteration. After running the process, the results are also available in both vector format (see example above and Figure 8)

Figure 8.

• Mean Return Period: In this case the User has only to enter a minimum value ("start" tab), a maximum value ("end" tab) and a step value ("step" tab) for the magnitude iteration. After Running the process, the results are also available in both vector format (see examples above Figure 9)

Figure 9.