The March 25, 2020 MW 7.5 Paramushir earthquake

• Published in: Geosystems of Transition Zones
• Main Authors: Alexander S. Prytkov, Nikolay F. Vasilenko
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Дальневосточного отделения Российской академии наук, Южно-Сахалинск, Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение науки Институт морской геологии и геофизики 2021
• Subjects: north kurils; paramushir earthquake; aftershocks; focal mechanism; coseismic displacements; Dynamic and structural geology; QE500-639.5; Stratigraphy; QE640-699; Engineering geology. Rock mechanics. Soil mechanics. Underground construction; TA703-712; Petrology; QE420-499; North Kurils; Pacific; Kamchatka
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.30730/gtrz.2021.5.2.113-120.121-127; https://doaj.org/article/47b9674b80554b87851ec1fbe45712d0

The strong earthquake with moment magnitude MW = 7.5 occurred on March 25, 2020, in the North Kurils to the southeast of the Paramushir Island. The hypocenter of the earthquake was located under the oceanic rise of deep-sea trench in the subducting Pacific lithospheric plate. This earthquake has bee...