About Strong Earthquakes in the Early Middle Ages in the Derbent Sector of the West Caspian Coast and Seismic Potential of the Studied Sectionстатья
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Аннотация:The article discusses the initial, including completely new, materials on strong earthquakes of theearly Middle Ages in the Derbent sector of the West Caspian Sea coast. Historical and written material, stonewall engravings, and archaeological, seismogeological, and late graphic (iconography) information are presentedand discussed. Geodynamic features are taken into account; GPS measurement results are also used.The problem of a strong earthquake in 741–743 AD is presented in a new light. The article reviews very inaccurateand contradictory parametric characteristics of strong earthquakes from the 6th century to the presentpublished in Russian and English scientific papers and seismic catalogs. The structural-geodynamic situationin the coastal sector under consideration is specified and the characteristics of seismogenic faults and theirkinematics are refined. The eastern border of the Dagestan Mountains in the studied section is considered asa high-order regional tectonic suture. The sources of single strong events in the early Middle Ages correlatewith specific active faults and are considered in accordance with their kinematics. The article compares theresults obtained from general seismic zoning maps of the Russian Federation reflected on different time intervalmaps, including the latest generation GSZ-2015 and GSZ-2016 maps (GSZ—general seismic zoning). Asa result, the hazard rate for the studied section is reduced in comparison to what is now officially accepted.