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Table 2 Review of various regression models for different scales

From: Unified earthquake catalogue and mapping of Gutenberg–Richter parameters for the East African Rift System

Independent variable

Outcome variable

Regression model

References

\(m_{b}\)

\(M_{w.}\)

\(0.85m_{b} + 1.03;R^{2} = 0.86;3.5 \le m_{b} \le 6.2\)

Scordilis (2006)

\(M_{S.}\)

\(M_{w.}\)

\(0.67M_{S} + 2.07;R^{2} = 0.77;3 \le M_{S} \le 6.1\)

Scordilis (2006)

\(M_{S.}\)

\(M_{w}\)

\(0.99M_{S} + 0.08;R^{2} = 0.81;6.2 \le M_{S} \le 8.2\)

Scordilis (2006)

\(M_{D.}\)

\(M_{w.}\)

\(0.764M_{D} + 1.379;3.7 \le M_{D} \le 6.0\)

Akkar et al. (2010)

\(M_{L.}\)

\(M_{w.}\)

\(0.953M_{L} + 0.422;3.9 \le M_{L} \le 6.8\)

Akkar et al. (2010)

\(m_{b}\)

\(M_{w.}\)

\(1.084m_{b} - 0.142;R^{2} = 0.88;m_{b} < 6.5\)

Weatherill et al. (2016)

\(M_{S.}\)

\(m_{b}\)

0.703 \(M_{S}\) + 1.534;\(R^{2} = 0.744\)

Ibrahim et al. (2015)

\(m_{b}\)

\(M_{w.}\)

\(0.834m_{b} + 1.181;R^{2} = 0.99;3.1 \le m_{b} \le 6.5\)

Lamessa et al. (2019)