Abstract
Spitak earthquake of December 7, 1988 (M=6.9), is an outstanding seismic event of the region. Its epicentral area was considered incapable to produce an earthquake with M≥6.0 according to Seismic Zoning Map of the USSR Territory [ 1]. Immediately after the earthquake epicentral expedition was organized [2]. There are several publications on Spitak earthquake source zone [3-10]. Seismic history of the area has been discussed [ 11 ]; two paleoearthquakes with M≈7 are described there. But the study of seismic history still is incomplete because these publications did not used regional instrumental catalogues. Our study is devoted to that very problem: study of seismic regime of the Spitak earthquake source vicinity based on the regional scale instrumental catalogue.
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Tatevossian, R.E., Arefiev, S.S., Haessler, H. (2000). Seismicity of The Spitak Earthquake Source Zone Vicinity. In: Balassanian, S., Cisternas, A., Melkumyan, M. (eds) Earthquake Hazard and Seismic Risk Reduction. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9544-5_10
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