Authors: Bijan Nikouravan
Affiliations: Department of Physics, Islamic Azad University (IAU)-Varamin-Pishva Branch, Iran, Department of Physics, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Emails: [email protected]; [email protected]
Journal: International Journal of Fundamental Physical Sciences (IJFPS)
Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 17-20, Date: June, 2012
ISSN: 2231-8186
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14331/ijfps.2012.330028
The relationships between solar activities (sunspots, solar 10.7 cm radio flux, solar irradiance, and solar proton events) and local earthquakes are investigated in this paper. The geographical focus is New Zealand, analyzing data for M ≥ 4 earthquakes from 1970 to June 2012. Results show an increasing number of earthquakes annually. The maximum number of earthquakes frequently coincides with minimum years of solar activity, sunspot numbers, and solar 10.7 cm radio flux, with strong correlation coefficients.
Astrophysics, solar activities, local earthquake, New Zealand