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Probabilistic models of earthquake location and velocity structure beneath Preston New Road, UK

Publisher
British Geological Survey (BGS)
Updated
28 August 2026
Topic
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Summary

The models are probabilistic inferences of earth structure and earthquake location based around travel times of P and S waves recorded at seismic stations above Preston New Road, Lancashire, UK. For each point in the subsurface, we present many different values of the P- and S-wave velocity which are compatible with the data. Likewise, we present many event locations for each earthquake included in the dataset. These different models represent the posterior probability distribution respectively for the subsurface velocity and earthquake locations.

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Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 28/8/2026
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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
28 August 2026
Harvest GUID
ec6ade01-2017-0ba2-e053-0937940a5172
Extent (Latitude)
53.8300° to 53.7600°
Extent (Longitude)
-3.0200° to -2.9100°
Dataset reference date (creation)
2022-10-28
Frequency of update
notApplicable
Access constraints
The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
Responsible party
University of Leeds (originator); British Geological Survey (distributor, pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
model
Metadata language
eng

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