Earthquake Hazard Maps and Objective Testing: The Hazard Mapper's Point of View

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Editorial| March 01, 2012 Earthquake Hazard Maps and Objective Testing: The Hazard Mapper’s Point of View Mark W. Stirling Mark W. Stirling GNS Science P.O. Box 30368 Lower Hutt, New Zealandm.stirling@gns.cri.nz Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Seismological Research Letters (2012) 83 (2): 231–232. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.83.2.231 Article history first online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Mark W. Stirling; Earthquake Hazard Maps and Objective Testing: The Hazard Mapper’s Point of View. Seismological Research Letters 2012;; 83 (2): 231–232. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.83.2.231 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search The recent SRL Opinion article titled “Bad Assumptions or Bad Luck: Why Earthquake Hazard Maps Need Objective Testing,” by Seth Stein, Robert Geller, and Mian Liu (SRL 82(5), 623–626) suggests that probabilistic seismic hazard (PSH) models have been inadequate in terms of forecasting recent devastating earthquakes, and expresses a need for objective testing of these models. This response comes from the perspective of a hazard mapper. First, I’d like to clarify that the PSH models referred to by Stein and his colleagues are not forecasting tools. They are tools developed to provide estimates of hazard for long return periods... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.