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Erratum to earthquake recurrence estimates for northern Caribbean faults from combinatorial optimization

March 9, 2026

In the original article (ten Brink and Geist, 2025), we derived on‐fault magnitude–frequency relationships with uncertainties from a combinatorial optimization method that assigns individual earthquakes from a regional catalog to the different faults. Our model used a magnitude versus area relationship from Shaw (2023). His relationship was published with an error, M=f(1/√A)⁠, instead of M=f(1/A) (Shaw, 2025). Here, we recalculate the magnitude–frequency relationship with uncertainties using the Shaw (2025) corrected formula. The remaining parameters of the model, the model itself, and the number of repeated optimization runs have not changed. Figures 1 and 2 show the corrected results and replace figures 3 and 4 in the original article.

Publication Year 2026
Title Erratum to earthquake recurrence estimates for northern Caribbean faults from combinatorial optimization
DOI 10.1785/0320250057
Authors Uri S. ten Brink, Eric L. Geist
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title The Seismic Record
Index ID 70282819
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center; Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
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