The New IASPEI Standard Broadband Magnitude mB

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Research Article| September 01, 2008 The New IASPEI Standard Broadband Magnitude mB Peter Bormann; Peter Bormann Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Telegrafenberg 14473 Potsdam, Germany pb65@gmx.net (P.B.) saul@gfz-potsdam.de (J.S.) Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Joachim Saul Joachim Saul Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Telegrafenberg 14473 Potsdam, Germany pb65@gmx.net (P.B.) saul@gfz-potsdam.de (J.S.) Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Peter Bormann Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Telegrafenberg 14473 Potsdam, Germany pb65@gmx.net (P.B.) saul@gfz-potsdam.de (J.S.) Joachim Saul Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Telegrafenberg 14473 Potsdam, Germany pb65@gmx.net (P.B.) saul@gfz-potsdam.de (J.S.) Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1938-2057 Print ISSN: 0895-0695 © 2008 by the Seismological Society of America Seismological Research Letters (2008) 79 (5): 698–705. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.79.5.698 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 Peter Bormann, Joachim Saul; The New IASPEI Standard Broadband Magnitude mB. Seismological Research Letters 2008;; 79 (5): 698–705. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.79.5.698 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 Ten years after the development of a local magnitude scale, ML, by Richter (1935), Gutenberg (1945a, 1945b, 1945c) proposed to extend the magnitude concept to measurements of maximum amplitudes of body and surface waves at teleseismic distances. For the first time this made possible comparable estimates of earthquake size on a global scale (Gutenberg and Richter 1949, 1954). In addition, body waves allow magnitude measurements for earthquakes at all depths. Teleseismic magnitudes were originally determined for earthquakes with magnitudes mostly around 6 and larger on intermediate- to long-period displacement-proportional records... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.