Ural

Abstract

The article shows the monitoring results of the Ural region seismic network in 2013. It describes the seismic stations and registration abilities of the network. The analysis of seismic activity in Ural in 2013 and infor-mation about changes of the regional seismic regime since 2006 are given. The seismicity in the Ural is unique as it is presented by a wide spectrum of natural earthquakes (tectonic, earthquakes due to collapse, impact) as well as induced earthquakes (explosions, rock falls, rockbursts). Whereby the number of explosions in the region predominates among other seismic events, the number of rockbursts is much more than tectonic earth-quakes. A structural ordering can be seen for tectonic earthquakes. They tend to the basic geologic structure of the region to the Main Ural Fault. The induced events tend to mining regions. Also, there is a weak scat-tered seismicity that is typical for platform territories. Acting since 1999 the regional seismic network pro-vides the representative registration on the magnitude level ML≥2.5. In general in 2013 in Ural it was regis-tered 173 seismic events, and their basic seismic parameters were determined. The common number of in-dustrial explosions was 173. The summarized seismic explosions energy was 3.99E+9 Joules. The number of rockbursts was 29; their seismic energy was 2.82E+9 Joules. The five tectonic earthquakes made the min-imal contribution to the seismicity of the region. The unique event registered by seismic network was the ex-plosion of Chelyabinsk meteorite, and its parameters are shown in the article. Parameters of all mentioned above seismic events are presented in catalogue. The strongest events with ML≥3.0 including Chelyabinsk meteorite explosion, are considered separately, including their seismograms and parameters provided by other international seismic centers. The article shows the map with the actual locations of regional seismic stations and event epicenters in 2013. Generally the seismic regime of the region in 2013 was quite calm; the summarized seismic explosions energy was low. The trend to the seismic activity decay continues since 2010. The location of the natural and induced seismic events in space confirms the active zones previously determined.