Table 2 Derived regional fitting relationships between the Ms, Mb, MD, ML magnitudes and the Mw magnitude scale.
Regression model | No. of events | Application Range | Eq. |
|---|---|---|---|
\({M}_{W}^{\ast }=\left(5.58\pm 0.29\right)-\left(0.68\pm 0.10\right){M}_{S}+\left(0.13\pm 0.01\right){M}_{S}^{2}\) | 458 | 4.0 ≤ Ms ≤ 7.9 | (1) |
\({M}_{W}^{\ast }=\left(-1.36\pm 0.13\right)+\left(1.35\pm 0.15\right){M}_{b}\) | 712 | 4.0 ≤ Mb ≤ 7.1 | (2) |
\({M}_{W}^{\ast }=\left(-0.31\pm 0.26\right)-\left(1.06\pm 0.21\right)\left({M}_{D}\,or\,{M}_{L}\right)\) | 57 | 4.0 ≤ MD/ML ≤ 6.6 | (3) |