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A simple classification is proposed for magnetic precursors of earthquakes. The high-latitude observations of the so-called Big Magnetic Pulses (BMP)—isolated high-amplitude magnetic pulses that sporadically arise against the undisturbed magnetic background—are used for searching for a probable correlation between BMPs and earthquakes. It is shown by the superposed epoch analysis that seismic activity slightly increases after BMPs. A wide maximum in the number of the earthquakes is observed within the first hour after the BMP. Thus, probably, a new type of magnetic precursors has been found. However, the mechanism of the relationship between BMPs and earthquakes remains open to discussion.

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  1. Borok Geophysical Observatory of the Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Nekouz region, Yaroslavl oblast, Russia

    O. D. Zotov

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

    A. V. Guglielmi & A. L. Sobisevich

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Original Russian Text © O.D. Zotov, A.V. Guglielmi, A.L. Sobisevich, 2013, published in Fizika Zemli, 2013, No. 6, pp. 139–147.

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Zotov, O.D., Guglielmi, A.V. & Sobisevich, A.L. On magnetic precursors of earthquakes. Izv., Phys. Solid Earth 49, 882–889 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351313050145

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