Beringia: Seismic hazard and fundamental problems of geotectonics

Abstract

A brief review of the modern views concerning the geodynamics of Bering Plate is presented. The discussion covers the spatial distribution of seismicity in the Kamchatka-Aleutian-Alaskan region, the manifestations of tsunami, the active faults in the margins of the Komandor Basin known to date, the position of the collisional contact between the Kamchatka and Aleutian arcs, the probability of a catastrophic earthquake occuring on the western termination of the Aleutian arc, and the seismoand tsunamigenic potential of Bering Plate.