RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES VOL. 10, ES5003, doi:10.2205/2007ES000268, 2008

Introduction

[2]  The southwestern Koryak Highland is characterized as a whole by relatively low seismic activity, which prohibits the linkage of the southwestern Chukchi seismic belt to seismically active areas of Northeast Asia. However, the Koryak (1988), Khailino (8 March 1991) and Olyutorka (20 March 2006) earthquakes were recorded there. They permit the assessment of tectonic position of both deep structures' seismicity in the area and, probably, seismic activity of the Chukchi belt portion from the Dezhnev Cape to Kamchatka isthmus (60oN), as the area of interaction between the continent and hypothetical Bering Plate.


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Citation: Yarotskii, G. P. (2008), Tectonic position of the Khailino and Olyutorka earthquakes, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 10, ES5003, doi:10.2205/2007ES000268.

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