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Official Journal of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)

Table 2 Parameters of each area source, including source category, a and b values, magnitude of completeness (Mc), maximum magnitude (Mmax) and catalog completion year

From: Probabilistic seismic hazard assessments for Myanmar and its metropolitan areas

Zone

Seismic source categories

a value

b value

Mc

Mmax

The period of catalog

1

ASC

3.63

0.87

3.5

5.5

2003–2019

2

ASC

4.3

0.96

3.8

5.7

1998–2019

3

SZ

2.8

0.78

3.5

5.4

1996–2019

4

SZ

0.96

0.47

3.6

5

1997–2019

5

SZ

4.35

0.89

3.6

5.9

2003–2019

6

ASC

4.23

0.94

3.5

5.8

1996–2019

7

ASC

4.09

0.88

4

6.4

1994–2019

8

ASC

3.46

0.84

4

5.9

1996–2019

9

ASC

3.13

0.92

3.8

5

1997–2019

10

ASC

3.21

0.81

3.5

5.3

2007–2019

11

ASC

1.97

0.61

3.6

5.3

2007–2019

12

ASC

2.11

0.69

3.5

5.5

1988–2019

13

ASC

3.76

1.03

3.7

5

1994–2019

14

ASC

3.99

0.94

4

5.7

1995–2019

  1. Note that Mc and Mmax are implemented for regression of a truncated model line. The maximal magnitude of all zones for PSHA is fixed to be 6.5
  2. ASC Active Shallow Crust source, SZ Subduction Zone source