FORGOTTEN ACCOUNTS OF HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES IN SIBERIA (17th AND 18th CENTURIES) BY J.G. GMELIN
A.A. Nikonov, L.D. Fleifel
Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Bol. Gruzinskaya 10, Moscow, 123995, Russia
Keywords: Siberia, historical earthquakes, catalogue of earthquakes, seismicity, 17th and 18th centuries, J.G. Gmelin
Abstract
This contribution represents the first Russian publication and in-depth analysis of accounts by J.G. Gmelin of earthquakes in Siberia from the late 17th and the first three decades of the 18th centuries. These forgotten accounts, though short and fragmentary, expand the existing database and enable new solutions of some of the problematic aspects in the study of seismicity in this region.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rgg.2014.03.010
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