A Correction to Body-wave Magnitude mb Based on Moment Magnitude Mw

Research Article| November 01, 2003 A Correction to Body-wave Magnitude mb Based on Moment Magnitude Mw Stuart A. Sipkin Stuart A. Sipkin National Earthquake Information Center U.S. Geological Survey Denver, CO 80225 sipkin@usgs.gov Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Seismological Research Letters (2003) 74 (6): 739–742. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.74.6.739 Article history first online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share MailTo Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Stuart A. Sipkin; A Correction to Body-wave Magnitude mb Based on Moment Magnitude Mw. Seismological Research Letters 2003;; 74 (6): 739–742. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.74.6.739 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 Although body-wave magnitude mb (as well as surface-wave magnitude Ms) is rapidly being supplanted by moment magnitude MW as the magnitude of record for moderate to large earthquakes, the first, automatically determined teleseismic estimate of earthquake size is still mb. While efforts are underway to implement various automated estimates of MW, these have not, to date, proven entirely successful, nor are they rapid enough to satisfy the rapid reporting requirements of the National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC). For example, estimates of MWP, computed by integrating the broadband P-wave displacement... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.