Earthquake research and analysis – Seismology, seismotectonic and earthquake geology / Исследование и анализ землетрясений - сейсмология, сейсмотектоника и геология землетрясений

This book presents different aspects of earthquake research. In includes syntheses of recent works combined with new results and interpretations, applicable to diverse branches of earthquake seismology and geology. 
The destructive potential of earthquakes depends on their magnitude and the placement of the hypocenter. Worldwide efforts, such as the Global Seismographic Network of seismological and geophysical sensors and data centers, provides information that is essential to identify earthquake locations, understand the physics of the earthquakes and faulting mechanisms, as well as studies on paleoseismicity and earthquakes in the human history. These types of studies play a key role in mitigating earthquake hazards and planning emergency response. Geological studies on tectonic landforms and advances in the theoretical and applied physics of seismology have led to the creation of numerical models for seismic activity, improvement of design methods and testing practices for earthquake-resistant construction and seismic retrofit, as well as observation and monitoring. The study of earthquakes combines science, technology and expertise in infrastructure and engineering in an effort to minimize human and material losses when their occurrence is inevitable.

The chapters in this book are devoted to various aspects of earthquake research and analysis, such as seismology, seismotectonic and earthquake geology. The first chapter presents a study on ways to find out about the seismic past of a region. This is really important because identification and reliable description of past earthquakes is of great importance for the seismic assessment in a particular area and it represents a reliable projection of future earthquakes. Even though the paper focuses on, but is not limited to, German attempts, it offers a clear picture of historical earthquakes and their reception history, ancient and early modern attempts to collect earthquake information, early earthquake catalogue compilation and open source ways to collect earthquake information <...>