Earthquake onset detection using spectro-ratio on multi-threshold time-frequency sub-band

Automatic onset detection and picking algorithm has been proposed by applying the spectro-ratio on time-frequency sub-band. The proposed algorithm does not need any parameter settings as it will work on data generated by either short or very broad band seismometers. Our algorithm is applied on local events from Cairo region recorded by three stations of the Egyptian National Seismic Network (ENSN). Maximum standard deviation is observed to be 0.113 s of the corresponding manual picks made by analysts. (c) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.