Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Seismological aspects of general seismic zoning for the territory of the Russian Federation territory (OSR-97, OSR-2012, and OSR-2014 Maps)

  • Published:
Seismic Instruments Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The article continues work aimed at improving the general seismic zoning (GSZ) for the territory of the Russian Federation. Studies on updating the current regulatory maps OSR-97 are stimulated by the State Program aimed at enhancing the sustainability of life-support systems in seismic regions of the country. On the other hand, an update of the OSR-97 maps is also required in accord with the traditional regular revision every 10 years since 1937. In 1991–1997, a set of OSR-97 probabilistic maps was compiled for the first time, instead of a single deterministic map. The set was created for the design and construction of buildings with different categories of liability and service life. In 2010–2014, two versions of the new maps (OSR-2012 and OSR-2014) based on different approaches to modeling of seismic regime of earthquake sources were developed. The approaches are as follows: (1) exponential averaging of earthquake frequency–magnitude relationships throughout the range of magnitudes and (2) discrete time presentation in the form of histograms separately for different magnitudes. The first type of charts is used to create maps OSR-2012, and the second one is used for maps OSR-97 and OSR-2014. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the most important aspects of seismological parameterization affecting seismic hazard assessments. This relates primarily to the dynamics of regional and global integration of seismic processes, because probabilistic seismic hazard analysis is based on the paradigm of stationarity of the long-term seismic regime. A comparative analysis of the information content of the maps OSR-97, OSR-2012 and OSR-2014 is performed. The seismic hazard assessments obtained are compared with the data on seismic effects of strong and the strongest earthquakes, including paleoseismogeological reconstructions, historical seismic events, and the earthquakes of instrumental period of seismic observations. We conclude that the set of maps OSR-2014 can replace the normative maps OSR-97.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Aptikaev, F.F. and Erteleva, O.O., A project of new seismic scale for Russia: Pt. 1, Inzh. Izyskaniya, 2011a, no. 10, pp. 62–71.

    Google Scholar 

  • Aptikaev, F.F. and Erteleva, O.O., A project of new seismic scale for Russia: Pt. 2, Inzh. Izyskaniya, 2011b, no. 11, pp. 86–92.

    Google Scholar 

  • Balassanian, S., Ashirov, T., Chelidze, T., Gassanov, A., Kondorskaya, N., Molchan, G., Pustovitenko, B., Trifonov, V., Ulomov, V., Giardini, D., Erdik, M., Ghafory-Ashtiany, M., Grunthal, G., Mayer-Rosa, D., Schenk, V., and Stucchi, M., Seismic hazard assessment for the Caucasus test area, Ann. Geofis., 1999, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 1139–1151.

    Google Scholar 

  • Giardini, D., The Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program (GSHAP) 1992/1999, Ann. Geofis., 1999, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 957–1230.

    Google Scholar 

  • Grandori, G., Guagenti, E., and Petrini, L., Statistical grounds for favoring the characteristic magnitude model: A case study, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 2008, vol. 98, no. 5, pp. 2161–2169.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gusev, A.A., Principles of mapping for regions of seismic hazard in Russian Federation and those for standardization of seismic loads in terms of seismic accelerations (Part 1), Inzh. Izyskaniya, 2011a, no. 10, pp. 20–29.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gusev, A.A., Principles of mapping for regions of seismic hazard in Russian Federation and those for standardization of seismic loads in terms of seismic accelerations (Part 2), Inzh. Izyskaniya, 2011b, no. 11, pp. 66–77.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gusev, A.A., Stochastic simulation of an extended earthquake source for seismic hazard characterization. Pt. 1. Validation and general structure of the algorithm, Vopr. Inzh. Seismol., 2013a, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 5–18.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gusev, A.A., Stochastic simulation of an extended earthquake source for application in seismic hazard assessment. Pt. 2. Description of computational procedures, Vopr. Inzh. Seismol., 2013b, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 23–53.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gusev, A.A. and Petukhin, A.G., The calculation scheme for prediction of ground motion parameters when earthquakes, Vulkanol. Seismol., 1995, nos. 4–5, pp. 182–192.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gusev, A.A. and Shumilina, L.S., Some methodological problems of general seismic zoning, in Seismichnost’ i seismicheskoe raionirovanie Severnoi Evrazii (Seismicity and Seismic Zoning of Northern Eurasia), Ulomov, V.I., Ed., Moscow: OIFZ RAN, 1995, vols. 2–3, pp. 289–300.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gusev, A.A. and Shumilina, L.S., Modeling of the relationship between intensity, magnitude, and distance on the basis of an idea about noncoherent extensive seismic source, Vulkanol. Seismol., 1999, nos. 4–5, pp. 29–40.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gusev, G.S., Imaeva, L.P., and Akatova, K.N., Geodynamical activity zoning of the neotectonic struktures for the purposes of general seismic zoning of the territory of Russian Federation (GSZ-2012), in Tr. VII Obshcherossiiskoi konferentsii “Perspektivy razvitiya inzhenernykh izyskanii v stroitel’stve v Rossiiskoi Federatsii” (Perspectives of Development in Engineering Survey for Building in Russian Federation: Proceedings of the VII All-Russia Conference), Moscow, 2011, pp. 207–208.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gusev, A.A., Pavlov, V.M., and Guseva, E.M., Stochastic simulation of an extended earthquake source for seismic hazard characterization. Pt. 3. An method of analyzing the uncertainties and practical testing of the procedure, Vopr. Inzh. Seismol., 2014, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 39–56.

    Google Scholar 

  • Novyi katalog sil’nykh zemletryasenii na territorii SSSR s drevneishikh vremen do 1975 g. (New Catalog of Earthquakes in USSR from Ancient Times trough 1975) Kondorskaya, N.V. and Shebalin, N.V., Eds., Moscow: Nauka, 1977.

  • Pustovitenko, B.G., Kul’chitskii, V.E., Borisenko, L.S., and Porechnova, E.I., General seismic zoning for the territory of Crimea (GSZ-98), Geofiz. Zhurn., 1999, no. 6, pp. 3–15.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pustovitenko, B.G., Kul’chitskii, V.E., and Pustovitenko, A.A., New maps of general seismic zoning for the territory of Ukraine: Features of the long-term seismic hazard model, Geofiz. Zhurn., 2006, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 54–77.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rogozhin, E.A., Zavyalov, A.D., and Zaitseva, N.V., Macroseismic manifestations of the Okhotsk earthquake of May 24, 2013 in the territory of Moscow, Seism. Instrum., 2014, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 278–289.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Schwartz, D. and Coppersmith, K., Fault behavior and characteristic earthquake: Examples from the Wasatch and San Andreas fault zones, J. Geophys. Res., 1984, vol. 89, pp. 5681–5698.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tatevossian, R.E., Kosarev, G.L., Bykova, V.V., Matsievskii, S.A., Ulomov, I.V., Aptekman, Zh.Ya., and Vakarchuk, R.N., A deep-focus earthquake with M w = 8.3 felt at a distance of 6500 km, Izv., Phys. Solid Earth, 2014, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 453–462.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ulomov, V.I., Deep structure of the Earth’s crust in the seismoactive territory of Western Uzbekistan, in Seismichnost’ Zapadnogo Uzbekistana (Seismicity of Western Uzbekistan), Riznichenko, Yu.V., Ed., Tashkent: FAN, 1972, pp. 6–18.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ulomov, V.I., Dinamika zemnoi kory Srednei Azii i prognoz zemletryasenii (Dynamics of the Earth’s Crust in Central Asia and Earthquake Prediction), Tashkent: FAN, 1974.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ulomov, V.I., Seismogeodynamics of thetransitional zone between the Tien Shan orogen and the Turan Plate with respect to the long-term prediction of the Gazli earthquakes, in Gazliiskie zemletryaseniya 1976 i 1984 gg. (Gazli Earthquakes of 1976 and 1984), Tashkent: FAN, 1986, pp. 7–18.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ulomov, V.I., Seismic zoning, in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS): Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, vol. I.1.8 Natural Disasters, Oxford: UNESCO Eolss Publishers Co. Ltd, 2002, pp. 181–207.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ulomov, V.I., Global variations of the Earth’s seismic regime in the years 1965–2005, Dokl. Earth Sci., 2007a, vol. 414, no. 4, pp. 646–649.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ulomov, V.I., The software and mathematical tools for constructing the probabilistic maps of seismic zoning by the GSZ-97 methodology, Geofiz. Issled., 2007b, no. 7, pp. 29–52.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ulomov, V.I., Update of the general seismic zoning maps for the territory of Russian Federation, Seismostoik. Stroit. Bezop. Sooruzh., 2008, no. 5, pp. 14–20.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ulomov, V.I., Engineering-seismological survey in building, Inzh. Izyskaniya, 2009, no. 9, pp. 28–39.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ulomov, V.I., On the planetary seismic activation, GeoRisk, 2010, no. 3, pp. 4–9.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ulomov, V.I., On differentiated seismic hazard assessment in the territory of Russian Federation, Seismostoik. Stroit. Bezop. Sooruzh., 2012, pp. 40–48.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ulomov, V.I., Update of normative seismic zoning in the framework of the Integrated Information System for the Seismic Safety of Russia, Seism. Instrum., 2013, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 87–114.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ulomov, V.I., General seismic zoning of the territory of Russian Federation: GSZ-2012, Seism. Instrum., 2014, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 290–304.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ulomov, V.I. and Bogdanov, M.I., A new set of maps of general seismic zoning for the territory of Russian Federation (GSZ-2012), Inzh. Izyskaniya, 2013, no. 8, pp. 8–17.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ulomov, V.I. and Peretokin, S.A., Update of the normative seismic zoning maps for the territory of Russian Federation, Inzh. Izyskaniya, 2010, no. 1, pp. 44–53.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ulomov, V.I. and Shumilina, L.S., Komplekt kart obshchego seismicheskogo raionirovaniya territorii Rossiiskoi Federatsii—OSR-97. Masshtab 1:8 000 000: Ob’yasnitel'naya zapiska i spisok gorodov i naselennykh punktov, raspolozhennykh v seismoopasnykh raionakh (The Maps of General Seismic Zoning of the Russian Federation, GSZ-97, 1: 8000000. Explanatory Note and the List of Cities and Localities Situated in Regions of Seismic Hazard), Moscow: OIFZ RAN, 1999.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ulomov, V.I. and The GSHAP Region 7 Working Group, Seismic hazard of Northern Eurasia, Ann. Geofis., 1999, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 1023–1038.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ulomov, V.I. and Ulomova, N.V., Formation of the hypocentral zone and seismic regime of aftershocks, in Tashkentskoe zemletryasenie 26 aprelya 1996 g. (The Tashkent Earthquake of April 26, 1996), Tashkent: FAN, 1971, pp. 122–138.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ulomov, V.I., Danilova, T.I., Medvedeva, N.S., Polyakova, T.P., and Shumilina, L.S., Assessment of seismic hazard in the North Caucasus, Izv., Phys. Solid Earth, 2007, vol. 43, no. 7, pp. 559–572.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wu, S.-C., Cornell, C.A., and Winter, Stein S.T., A hybrid recurrence model and its implication on seismic hazard results, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 1995, vol. 85, pp. 1–16.

    Google Scholar 

  • Zhigalin, A.D., Zav’yalov, A.D., Mindel’, I.G., Nikonov, A.A., Popova, O.G., Rogozhin, E.A., Ruzaikin, A.I., and Sevost’yanov, V.V., The phenomenon of the Sea of Okhotsk earthquake of May 24, 2013, in Moscow, Her. Russ. Acad. Sci., 2014, vol. 84, no. 4, pp. 283–291.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Bol’shaya Gruzinskaya 10, Moscow, 123995, Russia

    V. I. Ulomov, N. S. Medvedeva, K. N. Akatova & T. I. Danilova

  2. Nauka Special Design Bureau, Krasnoyarsk Science Center, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Mira 53, Krasnoyarsk, 660049, Russia

    S. A. Peretokin

Authors
  1. V. I. Ulomov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. S. A. Peretokin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. N. S. Medvedeva
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. K. N. Akatova
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. T. I. Danilova
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to V. I. Ulomov.

Additional information

Original Russian Text © V.I. Ulomov, S.A. Peretokin, N.S. Medvedeva, K.N. Akatova, T.I. Danilova, 2014, published in Voprosy Inzhenernoi Seismologii, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 5–24.

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Ulomov, V.I., Peretokin, S.A., Medvedeva, N.S. et al. Seismological aspects of general seismic zoning for the territory of the Russian Federation territory (OSR-97, OSR-2012, and OSR-2014 Maps). Seism. Instr. 51, 311–328 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0747923915040088

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3103/S0747923915040088

Keywords

Search

Navigation