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The regularities in the radiation and propagation of seismic waves in the regions of the North Caucasus are analyzed for estimating the ground motion parameters during the probable future strong earthquakes. Based on the records of the regional earthquakes with magnitudes M W ~ 3.9–5.6 within epicentral distances up to ~300 km obtained during the period of digital measurements at the Sochi and Anapa seismic stations, the Q-factors in the vicinities of these sites are estimated at ~55 f 0.9 and ~90f 0.7, respectively. The estimates were obtained by the coda normalization method developed by Aki, Rautian, and other authors. This method is based on the phenomenon of suppression of the earthquake (source) effects and local (site) responses by coda waves in the S-wave spectra. The obtained Q-factor estimates can be used for forecasting the ground shaking parameters for the future probable strong earthquakes in the North Caucasus in the vicinities of Sochi and Anapa.
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Original Russian Text © O.V. Pavlenko, 2016, published in Fizika Zemli, 2016, No. 3, pp. 19–30.
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Pavlenko, O.V. The Q-factor estimates for the crust and upper mantle in the vicinity of Sochi and Anapa (North Caucasus). Izv., Phys. Solid Earth 52, 353–363 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351316030101
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