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Some characteristics of the seismic regime of the Baikal rift zone for the analogue (1960–2000) and digital (2001–2006) registration modes are considered. It was ascertained that the general number of seismic events recorded by digital equipment increased by two times in comparison with the analogue observation period and the catalog completeness level was lowered to K P = 7.0 as well. The focal mechanisms of 110 earth-quakes with K P ≥ 8.0 were examined. The overwhelming majority of them during 2001–2006 were due to normal faulting and normal faulting with strike-slip components. Special attention was given to study of the strong events (K P ≥ 13.5 and MPSP ≥ 4.7), whose focal solutions reveal the regional stress field.
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Original Russian Text © V.I. Mel’nikova, N.A. Gileva, N.A. Radziminovich, O.K. Masal’skii, V.V. Chechel’nitskii, 2010, published in Voprosy Inzhenernoy Seismologii, 2010, pp. 40–55.
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Mel’nikova, V.I., Gileva, N.A., Radziminovich, N.A. et al. Seismicity of the Baikal rift zone for the digital recording period of earthquake observation (2001–2006). Seism. Instr. 46, 193–206 (2010). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0747923910020076
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