A. N. Ovsyuchenko, A. M. Korzhenkov, A. S. Larkov, Yu. V. Butanaev, A. V. Marakhanov, E. A. Rogozhin
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Abstract
We have conducted a complex of archaeoseismological works in the ancient town of Myrmekion, which belonged to the Bosporan Kingdom (Crimea). Numerous instances of destruction and deformation of buildings were revealed in archeological excavations: ruptures displacing walls, significant tilt of entire walls of the buildings, and rotations of wall fragments and individual stones around the vertical axis. This deformation complex indicates their seismogenic origin. We have revealed traces of a few strong earthquakes (three to five during the first millennium BCE and two during the first centuries CE). For some, we were able to reveal the directions of maximum seismic oscillations. The intensity of the seismic oscillations were I0 ≤ IX. The obtained data could serve for more reliable seismic hazard assessment for the Crimean Peninsula, as well as for assessment of the contribution of natural disasters to the development of civilization.
期刊介绍：
Seismic Instruments is a journal devoted to the description of geophysical instruments used in seismic research. In addition to covering the actual instruments for registering seismic waves, substantial room is devoted to solving instrumental-methodological problems of geophysical monitoring, applying various methods that are used to search for earthquake precursors, to studying earthquake nucleation processes and to monitoring natural and technogenous processes. The description of the construction, working elements, and technical characteristics of the instruments, as well as some results of implementation of the instruments and interpretation of the results are given. Attention is paid to seismic monitoring data and earthquake catalog quality Analysis.
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