THE EXTRAREGIONAL SEISMOTECTONIC METHOD FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF SEISMICPOTENTIAL

The extraregional seismotectonic method for prognosis estimation of se ismic potential (M(max)) is presented. Information on the recent struc ture and state of the Earth's crust is used as the initial data for pe rforming the seismotectonic analysis. The Earth's crust typification i s performed applying computer procedures of cluster analysis for the t erritory of the major part of Europe of the adjacent aquatories and Ce ntral Asia Application of the method results in an essential improveme nt of the prediction of the site and strength of expected earthquakes within seismically active territories and also makes possible the esti mation of the seismic potential of weakly active regions from the same methodological standpoint.