Technologies for noise monitoring of abnormal seismic processes

Abstract

Robust noise technologies for analyzing a seismic acoustic signal that allow using its noise as a carrier of information at the beginning of abnormal seismic processes preceding an earthquake are proposed. A station which receives seismic acoustic signals from the deep strata of the earth with the help of 3–6 km-deep steel bores of dormant oil wells has been designed based on this technology. It monitors the beginning of the latent period of the earthquake development. The experiments carried out at these stations on Qum Island in the Caspian Sea since May 1, 2010 and in the town of Shirvan in the southern region of Azerbaijan since November 20, 2011 confirmed the reliability and validity of the monitoring results and identification of the earthquake in the radius of 300–500 km with a 10–15 h lead as compared to conventional seismic stations.