Earthquake scientists continue to improve models of the spatio–temporal evolution of seismicity, including complex aftershock sequences. The Collaboratory for the Study of Earthquake Predictability (CSEP) prospectively evaluates the predictive skill of probabilistic forecasts by such models. Here, we assess the robustness of one popular skill score, the information gain per earthquake, with respect to temporal fluctuations of the seismicity rate. We conduct a numerical experiment with a widely-used temporal stochastic seismicity model, a special case of Hawkes process. Our simulations reveal that the information gain fluctuates substantially with time, because a central limit theorem does not hold in a realistic parameter regime. Our results may eventually contribute to more robust inferences.

How robust is the skill score of probabilistic earthquake forecasts? / Caponera, Alessia; Werner, Maximilian J.. - Book of Short Papers SIS 2018, (2018), pp. 1482-1487. (49th Scientific meeting of the Italian Statistical Society, Palermo; Italy, June 20-22, 2018).

How robust is the skill score of probabilistic earthquake forecasts?

Alessia Caponera;
2018

Abstract

Earthquake scientists continue to improve models of the spatio–temporal evolution of seismicity, including complex aftershock sequences. The Collaboratory for the Study of Earthquake Predictability (CSEP) prospectively evaluates the predictive skill of probabilistic forecasts by such models. Here, we assess the robustness of one popular skill score, the information gain per earthquake, with respect to temporal fluctuations of the seismicity rate. We conduct a numerical experiment with a widely-used temporal stochastic seismicity model, a special case of Hawkes process. Our simulations reveal that the information gain fluctuates substantially with time, because a central limit theorem does not hold in a realistic parameter regime. Our results may eventually contribute to more robust inferences.
2018
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earthquake forecasting, temporal Hawkes processes, information gain per earthquake
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