Section of Seismological Studies
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Laboratory of Seismology
Analysis and simulation of seismic hazard, strong ground motion, earthquake source processes. Development of techniques for monitoring temporal variations of the properties of the lithosphere. Design of methods and development of techniques for seismic data processing;
Laboratory of joint data processing
Current seismological data processing. Study of seismicity of Kamchatka. Compilation of earthquake catalogs, maintaining the archives of seismological observations;
Laboratory of research of seismic and volcanic activity
Operative monitoring of seismic and volcanic activity, notification of authorities (regional governor, civil defense, Geophysical service, Ministry of Emergencies) on earthquakes with M>4.5 Compilation of operative earthquake catalog. Design and implementation of methods for monitoring of seismic activity;
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Section of Complex Studies
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Group of experimental observations
Design, construction and support service of complex automatic observation points. Observations with portable instruments in epicentral zones of large earthquakes and on active volcanoes. Design and implementation of software and hardware for complex seismological observations. Upkeep of the network of strong motion instruments;
Group of geophysical observations
Support of the system of geophysical observations. Design and implementation of software and hardware for the system of geophysical observations;
Group of system support
Creation and development of local computer network of KEMSD. Creation and support of common databases. Supporting digital informational links including Kluchi-Petropavlovsk link. Implementation of modern information technologies, design and implementation of system software;
Group of metrological support
Creating and supporting means for automatic periodic calibration of seismological measurement channels. Maintaining the database of the calibration data. Design and implementation of the means for certification of seismic channels;
Group of the studies of geophysical processes
Study of low-frequency geophysical processes and their interactions on the basis of continuous geo-electrical, hydro-geodynamical and other kinds of observations. Operative processing and preliminary analysis of geophysical and supporting data streams. Search for and analysis of precursors of strong earthquakes;
"Geo-monitoring" group
Study of the variations of background seismicity aimed at assessing current seismic hazard. Search for and analysis of precursors of strong earthquakes. Design and implementation of means for monitoring seismic activity;
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Section of Radio-telemetering Seismic Stations (RTSS)
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Technical maintenance of RTSS. Visual and video observations of active volcanoes. Operative seismological data processing at Klyuchi subnetwork center. Design and implementation of software and hardware for RTSS. Design and implementation of algorithms and software for seismological data processing;
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Group of Permanent Seismic Stations
Group "Petropavlovsk" Seismic Station
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Operative round the clock near-real-time determination of parameters of strong earthquakes (including teleseismic ones). Holding "fast earthquake report" service with notification of authorities for Kamchatka earthquakes with M>4.5 and global earthquakes with M>5. Operative analysis of large earthquake data for the tsunami alarm system;
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Laboratory of Hydro-seismology
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Continuous monitoring of water parameters over the network of hydro-chemical observation points. Analysis of interrelationships between hydro-chemical parameters of the observation points with seismic activity. Compilation of databases of hydro-chemical data;
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Laboratory of Geodynamical Studies
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Technical maintenance of GPS observation network. Design and implementation of software and hardware for the system of GPS observations. Study of the stress and strain fields at the Kamchatka-Aleutian island arc junction based on continuous GPS observations. Compilation of databases of GPS data;
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Kamchatka Branch of the Federal Center for Earthquake Prediction
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Compilation, by the expert group, of operative estimates of the current seismic and volcanic hazard on Kamchatka on the basis of all research in Kamchatkan and other institutions that is relevant for this aim. Systematic notification of authorities on current seismic hazard and forecasts for earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Compilation of recommendations for regional authorities for response to the current seismological of volcanological situation. Developing the qualified conclusions regarding existing or newly proposed techniques for earthquake or eruption forecasting, or inviting additional experts to compile such conclusions;
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- Performing a complex of seismological and geophysical studies of geodynamical processes in the subduction zones of Kurile-Kamchatka and Aleutian island arcs;
- Development and implementation of techniques and facilities for monitoring seismic and volcanic activity;
- Conducting seismological and geophysical monitoring of solid Earth, to include performing observations, design and development of means for acquisition, processing and interpretation of data;
- Search for precursors of strong earthquakes and eruptions among seismological, geophysical, hydrogeochemical, hydrogeodynamical and geodetic data. Development of techniques of forecasting;
- Forecasting strong earthquakes and eruptions of volcanoes on Kamchatka; evaluation of the current seismic and volcanic hazard; and operative notification of federal and regional authorities and interested institutions on current and anticipated earthquakes and eruptions and their possible adverse effects;
- Supplying scientific institutions of the Russian Academy of Science with the seismological, geophysical, hydrogeochemical, hydrogeodynamical and geodetic data they require to perform basic research in the Earth science;
- Development and upgrading of observation networks;
- Participation in international seismological and geophysical projects and in the international systems of seismological observations;
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Seismological studies on Kamchatka were begun in 1915 when the initial "Petropavlovsk" seismic station was opened. It was closed in 1927, and its records unfortunately perished. After the great 1952 Kamchatka earthquake, it was reopen in 1953 as a first-class or basic station of the Soviet network. In 1958, a small local network was open around Kluchi, with the limited aim of monitoring volcanic earthquakes. A significant step ahead was the installation in 1961 of the regional Kamchatka network, since that time it continuously performs detailed seismological observations that substitute a foundation for basic Earth science studies and for earthquake prediction research. The network was supported: in 1961-1971 - by Pacific Seismological Expedition, Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Science (RAS) (Moscow); in 1971-1979 - by the Institute of Volcanology, Far East Branch, RAS; in 1979-1996 - by Experimental-Methodical Department, Institute of Volcanology, Far East Branch, RAS; and since 1997 - by Kamchatkan Experimental-Methodical Department (KEMSD), Geophysical Service, RAS. Since 1980, step by step, a number of geophysical and other observational facilities were added to seismic network.
At present, KEMSD supports, in addition to seismic stations, a lot of observational points for geophysical, hydrogeochemical, hydrogeodynamical and geodetic observations.
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Agreement of scientific cooperation between Kamchatkan Experimental and Methodical Seismological Department of the Geophysical service of the Russian Academy of Science (KEMSD GS RAS) and the Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory of the U.S. Geological Survey.
According to the Memorandum of the joint Russian-American commission on cooperation in the area of Environmental Protection (project 02.09-31 "Seismic research and data excange")? signed in Washington 20 May 1992, the Kamchatkan EMSD of the Geological Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory of the U.S. Geological Survey (ASL/USGS, Albuquerque, USA) have concluded the agreement on mutual cooperation.
Purpose and the scientific tasks of cooperation:
- Global seismic monitoring;
- Detailed seismic monitoring of the Russian Far East:
- Fundamental aspects of tectonics and lithographic plates:
- Definition and improvement of the boundaries of the tectonic plates in the area of the junction of Eurasian, North American and Pacific Ocean plates.
The agreement of scientific collaboration under Project "Research on Seismo-Tectonics around the Okhotsk Plate" between Institute of Seismology and Volcanology, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University and Kamchatkan Experimental and Methodical Seismological Department of the Geophysical service of the Russian Academy of Science (KEMSD GS RAS).
The aim of this agreement is the long-time monitoring of the big scale deformatin on Russian Far East and Japan by
GPS network for recovering of the modern motion between oceanic and continental blocks of the crust.
Scientific collaboration agreement on project RUSEG between Kamchatkan Experimental and Methodical Seismological Department of the Geophysical service of the Russian Academy of Science (KEMSD GS RAS) and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University (LDEO, USA).
In accordance with Decree of the Govenment of the Russian Federation N 293 of 16 March 1996 "On Participation of the Russian Federation in the 3-rd International Technical Experiment on the Comprehensive Ban of Nuclear Tests, Paragraph 3, and the framework of the Russia/US Agreement on Collaboration in the Protection of the Environment of 24 June 1994, Kamchatkan Experimental and Methodical Seismological Department of the Geophysical service of the Russian Academy of Science (KEMSD GS RAS) and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University (LDEO) have signed Collaboration Agreement.
The goal of this collaboration is to implement the monitoring of deformation of tectonic blocks in seismically active regions of Russia and study a relative motion of Eurasia, North America and Pacific lithospheric plates.
Scientific Collaboration Agreement on the project "Side of Kamchatka Subduction" between Department of Geology and Geophysics of Yale University (New Haven, Connecticutm USA) and the Kamchatkan Experimental and Methodical Seismological Department of the Geophysical service of the Russian Academy of Science (KEMSD GS RAS, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia).
The counterparts will perform a deployment of broadband portable seismometers on the Kamchatka Peninsula, starting on 1 May, 1998 through September 1999, to study the effects of upper mantle flow around the sharp transform-to-convergent transition in the Pacific/North-American plate boundary at the intersection of Kamchatka and the Aleutian Islands.
Memorandum of agreement between the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) and Kamchatkan Experimental and Methodical Seismological Department of the Geophysical service of the Russian Academy of Science (KEMSD GS RAS) under project "Vocano, tsunami and earthquake hazards mitigation work in Kamchatka and the North Pacific.
There are 29 potentially active volcanoes on the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia and 30 active volcanoes in the Kuril Island chain immediately to the south. Although population centers at risk from eruptions are few in number, a grave risk exists for the dozen of aircraft carrying up to 20,000 passengers and billions of dollars in cargo over and downwind of these volcanoes each day. Activities will contribute to reducing this risk in the North Pacific as well as contribute to scientific knowledge of this region and of basic volcanic, earthquake and tsunami processes.
ISTC Project #1121 "Organization of the Russian-Japanese Geophysical Observatory for the Complex Studies of Electromagnetic and Seismic Precursors to Earthquakes".
Project collaborators
 Geophysical service of the Russian Academy of Science
Institute of the Physics of the Earth of Russian Academy of Sciences
 Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN)
University of Electro-Communication, Chofu
Tokai University
According to the project of international scientific and technological center and the contract with Ministry of emergencies, the Russian-Japanese geophysical observatory - point of complex geophysical observations was created near to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
The purpose of the complex Russian-Japanese geophysical observatory is to conduct coordinated monitoring of electro-magnetic and seismic signals. Unique experimental setups were supplied by Russian and Japanese coworkers.
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KAMCHATKAN EXPERIMENTAL & METHODICAL SEISMOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, GEOPHYSICAL SERVICE, RAS (KEMSD GS RAS)
9 Piip Boulevard,
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky,
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Director:
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
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Gordeev, Evgenii, Doctor of Science
7-(415-22) 5-95-31
7-(415-22) 5-89-19
gord@emsd.iks.ru
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