Strong Earthquake-Prone Areas in the Eastern Sector of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation

This paper continues the series of publications by the authors on the recognition of areas prone to the strongest, strong, and significant earthquakes using the FCAZ system-analytical method. The areas prone to earthquakes with M ≥ 5.5 in the eastern sector of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federati...

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Published in:Applied Sciences
Main Authors: Alexei D. Gvishiani, Boris A. Dzeboev, Boris V. Dzeranov, Ernest O. Kedrov, Anna A. Skorkina, Izabella M. Nikitina
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022
Subjects:
Arctic zone of the Russian Federation
earthquake-prone areas
system-analytical method
FCAZ
pattern recognition
clustering
Technology
T
Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TA1-2040
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Physics
QC1-999
Chemistry
QD1-999
Arctic
Okhotsk
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3390/app122311990
https://doaj.org/article/aa98b428db8c49e694c11f0d56bcb084
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Summary:This paper continues the series of publications by the authors on the recognition of areas prone to the strongest, strong, and significant earthquakes using the FCAZ system-analytical method. The areas prone to earthquakes with M ≥ 5.5 in the eastern sector of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation were recognized. It is shown that certain potential high seismicity zones are well confined to the boundaries of the Eurasian, North American, and Okhotsk tectonic plates. In addition, according to the results of the FCAZ recognition, some areas located at a sufficient distance from the main tectonic structures of the studied region were also recognized as highly seismic. The results of the study, among other factors, justify the use of the assessment of the completeness magnitude in the catalog for choosing the set of recognition objects for the FCAZ method.

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