NDLI: Ring structures of seismicity in central Tien Shan and Dzungaria: Possible precursory processes of large earthquakes

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Author	Kopnichev, Yu. F. Sokolova, I. N.
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	It is shown that episodes of comparative seismic quiescence that lasted about 20–25 years in the areas of study alternated with intervals of sharply increased seismicity as series of large (M ≥ 6.9) earthquakes occurred during two to three decades. Since no M ≥ 6.6 earthquake has occurred in the area for as long as 21 years after the 1992 Susamyr event, middle-term prediction would require identification of zones of imminent large earthquakes. More reliable identification of such zones rests on data relating to inhomogeneities in the field of S-wave attenuation in the lithosphere, as well as on the characteristics of ring structures of seismicity. Such structures are formed as zones of seismic quiescence that are bounded by M ≳ Mth earthquake epicenters, where Mth is the threshold magnitude value. Correlative relationships were previously derived, lgL(Mw) and Mth(Mw), for events with different focal mechanisms (L is the length of the longer axis of a seismicity ring and Mw is the magnitude of the associated large earthquake). These relationships were used to estimate the Mw of large events that can occur in these ring structures. The greatest earthquake with Mw ≳ 7.5 is probably about to occur in southern Tien Shan, east of the 1949 Khait earthquake rupture. A smaller event (Mw ∼ 7.0) can occur in the Kyrgyz Range area. Still smaller earthquakes probably have their precursory areas north and east of Lake Issyk-Kul, as well as in Dzungaria.
Starting Page	194
Ending Page	201
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISSN	07420463
Journal	Journal of Volcanology and Seismology
Volume Number	8
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	18197108
Language	English
Publisher	Pleiades Publishing
Publisher Date	2014-07-18
Publisher Place	Moscow
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Geophysics/Geodesy Geochemistry Geology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geology Geochemistry and Petrology Geophysics

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