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The extraregional seismotectonic method for prognosis estimation of seismic potential (M max) is presented. Information on the recent structure and state of the Earth's crust is used as the initial data for performing the seismotectonic analysis. The Earth's crust typification is performed applying computer procedures of cluster analysis for the territory of the major part of Europe of the adjacent aquatories and Central Asia. Application of the method results in an essential improvement of the prediction of the site and strength of expected earthquakes within seismically active territories and also makes possible the estimation of the seismic potential of weakly active regions from the same methodological standpoint.
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Reisner, G.I., Ioganson, L.I. The extraregional seismotectonic method for the assessment of seismic potential. Nat Hazards 14, 3–10 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00229908
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