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Seismic monitoring of source zones of strong earthquakes

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A rational choice of the scalar seismic moment and ordering index is proposed that can be advantageously used for the monitoring of source zones of strong earthquakes in order to predict the development of a seismic situation. These parameters are the main characteristics of seismotectonic deformation. The ordering index characterizes a regular change in time of chaotization and ordering phases of the seismic process related to the occurrence of strong aftershocks. Using the December 5, 1997, Kronotskii (M w = 7.8) and December 26, 2004, Sumatra (M w = 9.0) earthquakes as an example, temporal variations of the studies parameters in the aftershock zones of these earthquakes are analyzed in detail.

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Original Russian Text © A.I. Lutikov, 2008, published in Fizika Zemli, 2008, No. 3, pp. 9–21.

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Lutikov, A.I. Seismic monitoring of source zones of strong earthquakes. Izv., Phys. Solid Earth 44, 181–192 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351308030026

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