Traces of Strong Earthquakes in Walls of the Ancient Town of Myrmekion, Eastern Crimea

Autor: E. A. Rogozhin, A. V. Marakhanov, A. N. Ovsyuchenko, A. M. Korzhenkov, A. S. Larkov, Yu. V. Butanaev
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Seismic Instruments. 57:500-534
ISSN: 1934-7871
0747-9239
Popis: 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.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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