The invention discloses a seismic 
signal detection method based on waveform characteristics, and relates to the field of seismic 
signal processing. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, selecting seismic signals and 
noise signals in historical events collected by an array as a 
data set, extracting an amplitude characteristic alpha, a ratio characteristic rho and a specific 
frequency band energy mean value characteristic gamma in each 
signal, normalizing, and normalizing an energy and characteristic 
lambda; dividing all seismic signals and 
noise signals into training samples and test samples; forming a corresponding matrix by the characteristic parameters of all seismic signals in the training samples, substituting the corresponding matrix into a 
Gaussian function, optimizing by using a 
gradient descent method to obtain an optimal hyper-parameter corresponding to each characteristic, and calculating a posterior mean value and a 
covariance of a 
Gaussian process of each characteristic to obtain four characteristic models; predicting the 
occurrence probability of a new event by using the verified 
feature model and a Bayesian thought, and judging whether the event is a seismic event or not according to the 
occurrence probability of the event. According to the invention, the correct 
detection rate is improved, and the applicability is stronger.