Based on the stochastic AMR model, this paper constructs man-made earthquake catalogues to investigate the property of parameter estimation of the model. Then the stochastic AMR model is applied to the study of several strong earthquakes in China and New Zealand. Akaike′s AIC criterion is used to discriminate whether an accelerating mode of earthquake activity precedes those events or not. Finally, regional accelerating seismic activity and possible prediction approach for future strong earthquakes are discussed.
Using multifractal spectrum estimating method based on the wavelet, the multifractal characteristics of GSR of earthquakes in China, Japan and New Zealand regions have been studied. It is shown that the multifractal spectra of GSR are obviously different in inter- and intra- plate regions. Moreover, though Japan and New Zealand are all located at the boundary of plates, West and East China are all characterized of continental tectonic structure, the multifractal spectra of GSR for both the two regions are also different. Further analysis shows that the natures of multifractal spectra of GSR are somehow related to the complexity of tectonics.
