The Detailed Assessment of the Seismic Risk in the Territory of North Caucasus

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Rubric:     Seismic zoning   
Annotation:
The results of a new aggregation of data of the seismic hazard for the Northern Caucasus presented. The fundamentally new layout seismotectonic basis for seismic hazard maps in the region prepared. On the background of this model the calculations of seismic effects on a probability basis were fulfilled. On-drawn maps the region of Northern Caucasus looks as a seismically dangerous area where levels of seismic effects reaches 8.5 degrees on cards in terms A and B and little bit exceeds 9 points on the map C. At the same time, in comparison with the data of the map GSZ-97 (General seismic zoning - 97) the results of regionalization seem more differentiated and, in general, significantly reduced the level of seismic hazard in the region. The fulfilled work is important from the methodological point of view in the light of the prospects for the compilation of new maps of General seismic zoning of the territory of Russia.