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Diurnal changes of earthquake activity and geomagnetic Sq-variations
1Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, Hohe Warte 38, 1191 Vienna, Austria
2Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radiowave Propagation (IZMIRAN), Troitsk-town, Moscow region, Russia
Abstract. Statistic analyses demonstrate that the probability of earthquake occurrence in many earthquake regions strongly depends on the time of day, that is on Local Time (e.g. Conrad, 1909, 1932; Shimshoni, 1971; Duma, 1997; Duma and Vilardo, 1998). This also applies to strong earthquake activity. Moreover, recent observations reveal an involvement of the regular diurnal variations of the Earth’s magnetic field, commonly known as Sq-variations, in this geodynamic process of changing earthquake activity with the time of day (Duma, 1996, 1999). In the article it is attempted to quantify the forces which result from the interaction between the induced Sq-variation currents in the Earth’s lithosphere and the regional Earth’s magnetic field, in order to assess the influence on the tectonic stress field and on seismic activity. A reliable model is obtained, which indicates a high energy involved in this process. The effect of Sq-induction is compared with the results of the large scale electromagnetic experiment "Khibiny" (Velikhov, 1989), where a giant artificial current loop was activated in the Barents Sea.
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Citation: Duma, G. and Ruzhin, Y.: Diurnal changes of earthquake activity and geomagnetic Sq-variations, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 3, 171-177, doi:10.5194/nhess-3-171-2003, 2003. Bibtex EndNote Reference Manager XML
