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Seismology

empirical regularity that the largest aftershock is typically about 1.2 magnitude units smaller than its mainshock, regardless of mainshock size.

In seismology, Båth's law refers to empirical regularity that the largest aftershock is typically about 1.2 magnitude units smaller than its mainshock, regardless of mainshock size. This meaning comes from Båth (1965) in Tectonophysics.[1]

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References

Båth, M. (1965). Lateral inhomogeneities of the upper mantle. Tectonophysics, 2(6), 483-514. https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(65)90003-x

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