scholarly journals Earthquake on December 12, 2020 in the Anapa zone with Mw=3.8, I0=4-5

Author(s):  
Anastasia Zvereva ◽  
Andrei Klianchin ◽  
Irina Gabsatarova

The article presents instrumental and macroseismic data on the earthquake on 12.12.2020 at 14:54 with Mw=3.8, h=30 km. The epicenter and parameters of the earthquake were deter-mined using instrumental data from the network of regional seismic stations in the western zone of the North Caucasus of the EGS RAS. This earthquake occurred in the shelf zone of the Eastern Black Sea coast near the resort town of Anapa, in the Anapa seismically active area. This area tectonically is the conjunction of the northern side of the Tuapse trough and the thrust front of the Greater Caucasus. The focal mechanism for the earthquake was calcu-lated. The solution of the focal mechanism was obtained from the polarization in P-waves at 29 seismic stations. From the focal follows the type of source up thrust-thrust movement. The GS RAS organized a macroseismic survey in the Anapa and Novorossiysk regions on the “VKontakte” social network a day after the earthquake. According to the results of the study, 144 respondents in 15 settlements in 7 days were interviewing. The maximum observed in-tensity was I=4-5 points in Su-Psekh and Varvarovka according to the results of the macro-seismic survey, a map of the distribution of intensity points was create. The SEISAN software package calculated the spectral parameters of the source: seismic moment, corner frequency, spectral density level and spectral magnitude Mw.

Author(s):  
И.Ю. Дмитриева ◽  
А.А. Саяпина ◽  
С.С. Багаева ◽  
С.В. Горожанцев

Изучение землетрясений территории Северного Кавказа не просто актуальная задача. Ее решение является насущной необходимостью, требует ежедневного, кропотливого труда для повышения уровня комфортности жизни населения. Целью работы является представить достаточно подробный анализ ощутимого тектонического землетрясения, случившегося 26января 2020 года в 21h01m по Гринвичу с интенсивностью сотрясений в эпицентре 4-5 баллов, произошедшего на территории Республики Северная Осетия-Алания. Методы исследования включали: определение параметров гипоцентра сейсмического события с помощью программно-вычислительных комплексах WSG и HYPO71; описание геолого-тектонической позиции очага; расчет и графическое представление механизма очага землетрясения по знакам первых вступлений P-волн; сбор макросейсмических данных путем выездов на места проявления землетрясения для определения интенсивности сотрясений земной поверхности в баллах; рассмотрение историческойи современнойсейсмичности в области исследуемого землетрясения. В результате получено следующее решение параметров гипоцентра землетрясения: φ=42,69°N, φ=44,15°E, h=6 км, Кр=11,2. Очаг землетрясения находился вблизи зоны возникновения очагов землетрясений (ВОЗ) Главного хребтав сейсмотектоническом блоке, расположенном между Главным Кавказским и АдайкомКазбекским разломами. По знакам первых вступлений продольных P-волн на 20 станциях рассчитан механизм очага землетрясения. Согласно полученному решению очаг землетрясения возник в верхней части земной коры под действием сжимающих напряжений, тип движения – взбросо-сдвиг, что согласуется с кинематической характеристикой зоны Главного хребта. Землетрясение, получившее название Верхне-Фиагдонское, характеризуется отсутствием заметного афтершокового процесса, однако анализ имеющихся волновых форм ближайшей сейсмической станции показал наличие последовательности слабых сейсмических событий. Макросейсмический эффект землетрясения был исследован сотрудниками Северо-Осетинского филиала ФИЦ ЕГС РАН в 25 населенных пунктах. Согласно результатам опроса, максимальная интенсивность сотрясений составила 4-5 балла. По результатам оценки интенсивности построена соответствующая карта пунктов-баллов землетрясения. Приведены сведения по истории сейсмичности очаговой зоны исследуемого землетрясения за более чем 150 лет The earthquakes study in the North Caucasus is not just an urgent task. Its solution is an urgent need. It requires daily, painstaking work to increase the comfort level of the population’s life. The aim of the work is to present a sufficiently detailed analysis of the tangible tectonic earthquake on January 26 at 21h01m GMT, which occurred on the territory of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. Intensity of the shok equaled 4-5 in the epicenter. Research methods included: determination of the parameters of the seismic event hypocenter using the WSG and HYPO71 software complexes; description of the geological and tectonic position of the source; calculation and graphical presentation of the earthquake source mechanism by the signs of the first arrivals of P-waves; collection of macroseismic data by visits to the places of earthquake manifestation to determine the intensity of shaking the earth’s surface in points; consideration of historical and modern seismicity in the area of the investigated earthquake. As a result, the following solution of parameters of an earthquake is received: φ=42,69°N, φ=44,15°E, h=6 km, KР=11,2. The epicenter of the earthquake occurs near the Main ridge zone. In more detail, the earthquake happened in the seismotectonic block located between the Main Caucasian and Adaykom-Kazbek faults. For the earthquake, the mechanism of the focus was calculated according to the signs of the first arrivals of longitudinal P-waves at 20 stations. According to the solution, the earthquake occurred in the upper part of the earth’s crust under the action of compressive stresses, the type of motion is upthrust-strike-slip, which is consistent with the kinematic characteristic of the Main Ridge Zone. The earthquake, called Verkhniy Fiagdon earthquake, is characterized by the absence of a noticeable aftershock process, but the analysis of the available wave forms of the nearest seismic station showed the presence of a sequence of weak seismic events. The macroseismic effect of the earthquake was investigated in 25 settlements by the staff of the North Ossetian branch of the Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences. According to the survey results, the maximum intensity of concussions was 4-5 points. A map of earthquake manifestations in localities constructed based on the results of the intensity assessment. The history of seismicity of the focal zone of the investigated earthquake for the last 150 years is studied


Author(s):  
Irina Gabsatarov ◽  
L. Koroletski ◽  
E. Selivanova ◽  
E. Artyomova ◽  
O. Kamenskaya

. It is reported that 59 seismic stations operated in the region in 2013. In the western and eastern parts of the region, new stations equipped with Russian digital equipment UGRA were opened: Aibga, Fisht, Karaman. The seismic network recorded 1941 earthquakes and 34 explosions in industrial quarries. 37 earthquakes were felt in the settlements of the Caucasus. The maximum shaking intensity, equal to Imax=6 on the MSK-64 scale, was felt during earthquakes on April 16 at 12h26m with КР=11.8 in the settlements of Kichi-Gamri, Mamaul, Myurego of Dagestan. Swarms of weak earthquakes with КР=4–8 were recorded in the Greater So-chi, Krasnaya Polyana areas, in Kabardino-Balkaria, and in the adjacent territory of Georgia in the area of Kazbek volcano. The area of manifestation of earthquakes with intermediate hypocenter depths, which previously belonged only to the Terek-Caspian trough (the territory of the Chechen Republic) along the diagonal Benoy-Eldarov suture zone, expanded in 2013 to the southeast and advanced under the structures of the Dagestan wedge. According to the level of seismic energy released, seismicity of the territory of the North Caucasus in 2013 characterized in accordance with the scale of the seismicity level as “background low” for the period of observations from 1962 to 2013. The strongest earthquakes occur in the connection zones of the main tectonic structures.


Author(s):  
L. Malyanova ◽  
I. Gabsatarova ◽  
N. Ponomareva

The dynamic sources parameters of 29 earthquakes of the North Caucasus for 2015 with KR=9.5–11.4, determined from 38 S-wave amplitude spectra are analyzed. Records of four regional digital seismic stations, “Anapa”, “Kislovodsk”, “Makhachkala” and “Sochi”, located no more than 300 km from the sources are used. For the environment near these stations, the values of the frequency-dependent Q-factor, necessary for recalculating the station spectra to the focal ones. In 2015, the majority of earthquakes studied were located in the Eastern Caucasus. The dependence between log M0 and KR for this zone was constructed using together with the data for 2010–2014.


2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Ramadhan Priadi ◽  
Angga Wijaya ◽  
Maria Annaluna Pasaribu ◽  
Riska Yulinda

September 28th, 2018, Donggala-Palu earthquake M 7.5 occurred at depth of 12 km and generated tsunami to be released off the coast in Palu Bay. The tsunami that occurred in Palu was very interesting because the results of the earthquake source mechanism Palu had a type of strike-slip fault that should not have generated a tsunami. This study purpose to estimate the characteristics of the Donggala-Palu tsunami based on rupture duration ( and orientation fault activated using the HC-plot method. The data used in this study are data waveforms from 17 seismic stations and CMT Global catalog data with the area of research 0.87 0 N-1.78 0S dan 118.640E- 120.95 0E. The waveform data used is a phase P-PP vertical component signal with a Bandpass-filter 1-5 Hz for determination . The fastest rupture duration from the earthquake source is obtained from the calculation of each station. Delay time measurement after P wave for 90% (T0.9), 80% (T0.8), 50% (T0.5), dan 20% (T0.2) from its peak value. Then the HC-plot method is used to estimate the orientation of generator fault Palu earthquake and the direction of rupture from the focal mechanism. From the results of processing obtained 2 pairs of seismic stations with almost the same distance but with different azimuths. The fastest rupture duration is at BBSI station with value of 82.014 s and distance from station to epicenter . So that the rupture direction is in the azimuth  from the north. The result of fault orientation was obtained hypocenter distance to the centroid for nodal plane 1 is 6.32 km and nodal plane 2 is 30.17 km with distance centroid to hypocenter is 31.22 km. So in Palu earthquake, the tsunami generator fault was in nodal plane 1 with direction north-south. Criteria obtained indicate that the Palu earthquake M 7.5 has potential for a tsunami because of its  value has meet  ≥ 65 s, but from the result of the focal mechanism direction field not passing through the Palu bay is thought to be another parameter that generates a tsunami and Palu koro fault line uncharted.


Author(s):  
О.А. Асманов

Территория Дагестана и смежных районов является сейсмически активным районом Северного Кавказа. Об этом свидетельствуют как исторические, так и современные сильные и ощутимые землетрясения. Рассматривается система сейсмических наблюдений. Региональная сеть состоит из 16 сейсмических станций. Они оборудованы цифровой аппаратурой и ежегодно регистрируют около 400 местных землетрясений. The Dagestan territory and the bordering regions are the seismic active regions of the North Caucasus. Historical and recent earthquakes speak for it. The seismic observations system is considered. The regional net is consists of 16 seismic stations. They are provided with digital equipment and register about 400 local earthquakes per year.


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