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Based on the observation data for hundreds of the main shocks and thousands of aftershocks, the existence of effect of round-the-world surface seismic waves is demonstrated (let us conditionally refer to them as a round-the-world seismic echo) and the manifestations of this effect in the dynamics of the repeated shocks of strong earthquakes are analyzed. At the same time, we by no means believe this effect has been fully proven. We only present a version of our own understanding of the physical causes of the observed phenomenon and analyze the regularities in its manifestation. The effect is that the surface waves excited in the Earth by the main shock make a full revolution around the Earth and excite a strong aftershock in the epicentral zone of the main shock. In our opinion, the physical nature of this phenomenon consists in the fact that the superposition leads to a concentration of wave energy when the convergent surface waves reach the epicentral zone (cumulative effect). The effect of the first seismic echo is most manifest. Thus, the present work supports our hypothesis of the activation of rock failure under the cumulative impact of an round-the-world seismic echo on the source area which is releasing (“cooling”) after the main shock. The spatial regularities in the manifestations of this effect are established, and the independence of the probability of its occurrence on the main shock magnitude is revealed. The effect of a round-the-world seismic echo can be used to improve the reliability of the forecasts of strong aftershocks in determining the scenario for the seismic process developing in the epicentral zone of a strong earthquake that has taken place.
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Original Russian Text © O.D. Zotov, A.D. Zavyalov, A.V. Guglielmi, I.P. Lavrov, 2018, published in Fizika Zemli, 2018, No. 1, pp. 187–202.
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Zotov, O.D., Zavyalov, A.D., Guglielmi, A.V. et al. On the possible effect of round-the-world surface seismic waves in the dynamics of repeated shocks after strong earthquakes. Izv., Phys. Solid Earth 54, 178–191 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351318010159
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