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Main Authors: Gentili, Stefania, Chiappetta, Giuseppe Davide, Petrillo, Giuseppe, Brondi, Piero, Zhuang, Jiancang
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.12956
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author Gentili, Stefania
Chiappetta, Giuseppe Davide
Petrillo, Giuseppe
Brondi, Piero
Zhuang, Jiancang
author_facet Gentili, Stefania
Chiappetta, Giuseppe Davide
Petrillo, Giuseppe
Brondi, Piero
Zhuang, Jiancang
contents The advanced machine learning algorithm NESTORE (Next STrOng Related Earthquake) was developed to forecast strong aftershocks in earthquake sequences and has been successfully tested in Italy, western Slovenia, Greece, and California. NESTORE calculates the probability of aftershocks reaching or exceeding the magnitude of the main earthquake minus one and classifies clusters as type A or B based on a 0.5 probability threshold. In this study, NESTORE was applied to Japan using data from the Japan Meteorological Agency catalog (1973-2024). Due to Japan's high seismic activity and class imbalance, new algorithms were developed to complement NESTORE. The first is a hybrid cluster identification method using ETAS-based stochastic declustering and deterministic graph-based selection. The second, REPENESE (RElevant features, class imbalance PErcentage, NEighbour detection, SElection), is optimized for detecting outliers in skewed class distributions. A new seismicity feature was proposed, showing good results in forecasting cluster classes in Japan. Trained with data from 1973 to 2004 and tested from 2005 to 2023, the method correctly forecasted 75% of A clusters and 96% of B clusters, achieving a precision of 0.75 and an accuracy of 0.94 six hours after the mainshock. It accurately classified the 2011 Tōhoku event cluster. Near-real-time forecasting was applied to the sequence after the April 17, 2024 M6.6 earthquake in Shikoku, classifying it as a "Type B cluster," with validation expected on October 31, 2024.
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spellingShingle Forecasting Strong Subsequent Earthquakes in Japan using an improved version of NESTORE Machine Learning Algorithm
Gentili, Stefania
Chiappetta, Giuseppe Davide
Petrillo, Giuseppe
Brondi, Piero
Zhuang, Jiancang
Geophysics
The advanced machine learning algorithm NESTORE (Next STrOng Related Earthquake) was developed to forecast strong aftershocks in earthquake sequences and has been successfully tested in Italy, western Slovenia, Greece, and California. NESTORE calculates the probability of aftershocks reaching or exceeding the magnitude of the main earthquake minus one and classifies clusters as type A or B based on a 0.5 probability threshold. In this study, NESTORE was applied to Japan using data from the Japan Meteorological Agency catalog (1973-2024). Due to Japan's high seismic activity and class imbalance, new algorithms were developed to complement NESTORE. The first is a hybrid cluster identification method using ETAS-based stochastic declustering and deterministic graph-based selection. The second, REPENESE (RElevant features, class imbalance PErcentage, NEighbour detection, SElection), is optimized for detecting outliers in skewed class distributions. A new seismicity feature was proposed, showing good results in forecasting cluster classes in Japan. Trained with data from 1973 to 2004 and tested from 2005 to 2023, the method correctly forecasted 75% of A clusters and 96% of B clusters, achieving a precision of 0.75 and an accuracy of 0.94 six hours after the mainshock. It accurately classified the 2011 Tōhoku event cluster. Near-real-time forecasting was applied to the sequence after the April 17, 2024 M6.6 earthquake in Shikoku, classifying it as a "Type B cluster," with validation expected on October 31, 2024.
title Forecasting Strong Subsequent Earthquakes in Japan using an improved version of NESTORE Machine Learning Algorithm
topic Geophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.12956