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The Present-Day Seismicity of the White Sea Region

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A revised earthquake catalog has been compiled for the White Sea region for the period between 2005 and 2016. The earthquake parameters were revised using a single velocity model (BARENTS), a single methodological approach (Generalized Beamforming), and all available raw data and bulletins of Russian and foreign seismic stations. The location of two nuclear explosions detonated on July 18, 1985 and September 6, 1988 in northern European Russia for civilian purposes showed that the algorithm for calculating hypocenter parameters combined with the BARENTS velocity model is an effective tool. The resulting earthquake catalog enabled us to reveal the leading patterns in the distribution of recent seismicity in the White Sea region.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We wish to express our deep gratitude to V.V. Karpinskii, UGS FRS RAS for free access to the archive of digital records (stations BYB and VAL). We thank G.N. Antonovskaya, Cand Sci. (Eng.), Head of the Laboratory of Seismology, FGBUN FITSKIA RAN for providing favorable conditions for research.

This study in revising the parameters of earthquake hypocenters was carried out for the research topic Development of Seismic Methods for Prediction and Mitigation of Natural and Man-Induced Disasters in the Western Arctic Sector of the Russian Federation (state registration no. AAAA-A18-118012490072-7).

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  1. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Naberezhnaya Severnoi Dviny, 23, 163000, Arkhangelsk, Russia

    A. N. Morozov, N. V. Vaganova, Ya. V. Konechnaya & Ya. A. Mikhailova

  2. Sector of Seismic Monitoring of the Northern Russian Plate, RAS United Geophysical Survey Federal Research Center, Naberezhnaya Severnoi Dviny, 109, 163000, Arkhangelsk, Russia

    A. N. Morozov & Ya. V. Konechnaya

  3. Kola Branch of the RAS United Geophysical Survey Federal Research Center, ul. Fersmana, 14, 184209, Apatity, Murmansk Region, Russia

    V. E. Asming & Z. A. Evtyukhina

  4. Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, B. Gruzinskaya, 10, stroenie 1, 123242, Moscow, Russia

    A. A. Nikonov

  5. Institute of Geology, Karelian Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Pushkinskaya, 11, 185035, Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia

    N. V. Sharov

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Morozov, A.N., Vaganova, N.V., Asming, V.E. et al. The Present-Day Seismicity of the White Sea Region. J. Volcanolog. Seismol. 13, 27–41 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0742046319010068

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