Fig. 3From: Depth variation of seismic moment and recurrence interval in JapanCalculated results of seismic moment and seismic interval at the selected regions of seismically dense spheres 1–8. The relationship between the logarithm of the seismic moment (red curve, left vertical axis, log[Nm]) and the logarithm of the seismic interval (blue curve, right vertical axis, log[s]) during the period from October 1, 1997 to February 28, 2015. The pink circles in the upper part are the contemporaneous Mw > 5 earthquakes outside of the seismically dense spheres, which may potentially influence the seismicity inside. The upper right box indicates the relationship between the seismic moment and the seismic interval in the Mo–SI diagram. Orange points indicate the events immediately after a day-based maximum seismic interval (DMSI). Red points indicate the events immediately after a month-based maximum seismic interval (MMSI). The cyan line indicates the predicted Mo–SI distribution following Eq. 3, while the gray line indicates the predicted Mo–SI distribution following Eq. 4Back to article page