Quick estimation of the magnitude and epicentral distance of the earthquake in eastern half of Kerman Province by single station (B-Δ) method

Designing and launching rapid warning systems to reduce financial and human losses is one of the requirements of seismic areas. The main goal of these systems is to estimate the magnitude of the earthquake and the epicentral distance in a very short time and to announce a warning. A new method, called B-Δ, is used in these systems. It is based on information from a station and estimates the magnitude and epicentral distance of an earthquake using the initial seconds of the P wave. In this study, these two parameters have been estimated in east of Kerman Province after examining and processing of the vertical component of the accelerograms of the earthquakes in this area.