Table 1 Main parameters of the four \(\hbox {Mw}\) > 8.0 examined earthquakes.

From: A stress test to evaluate the usefulness of Akaike information criterion in short-term earthquake prediction

Earthquake

Country

Coordinates

Mw

Date origin time (UT)

Hypocentral depth (km)

Tohoku-Oki

Japan

37.52\(^\circ\) N 143.05\(^\circ\) E

9.1

2011-03-11 5:46:23

14.5

North Sumatra mainshock

Indonesia

2.327\(^\circ\) N 93.063\(^\circ\) E

8.6

2012-04-11 8:38:37

14.5

North Sumatra largest aftershock

Indonesia

0.802\(^\circ\) N 92.463\(^\circ\) E

8.2

2012-04-11 10:43:09

25.1

Iquique

Chile

19.642\(^\circ\)S 70.871\(^\circ\)W

8.2

2014-04-01 23:46:50

20.1