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Seismicity of the North of the Russian Plate: Relocation of Recent Earthquakese

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The hypocenters of the earthquakes recorded in the north of the Russian Plate from 1982 to 2013 are relocated. The relocation of the hypocenters is based on the common velocity section, common methodology, and the entire set of the initial data and bulletins available from the Russian and foreign seismic stations. The efficiency of the algorithm for calculating the hypocentral parameters and the velocity section is demonstrated by the example of two nonmilitary nuclear explosions in July 18, 1985 and September 6, 1988 in the northern part of the European Russia. For the first time, two earthquakes of July 19, 1982 and October 7, 2012, which have not been previously reported in the catalogs for the north of the Russian plate, are included in the seismic catalog.

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Original Russian Text © A.N. Morozov, N.V. Vaganova, V.E. Asming, Ya.A. Mikhailova, 2018, published in Fizika Zemli, 2018, No. 2, pp. 104–123.

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Morozov, A.N., Vaganova, N.V., Asming, V.E. et al. Seismicity of the North of the Russian Plate: Relocation of Recent Earthquakese. Izv., Phys. Solid Earth 54, 292–309 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351318020143

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