SEISMICITY of CENTRAL ASIA in 2015 (Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Southeastern Kazakhstan)

Seismic observations on the territory of Central Asia in 2015 were carried out by monitoring systems of three countries: Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan consisting of 25, 29 stations of the first two countries and 43 stations and five seismic groups of the third country respectively. The catalogue of earthquakes in 2015 included 302 events with KR=8.614.1. The largest earthquake in the catalogue with KR=14.1 was registered on November 17, 2015, at 17h 29m in the Osh area of Kyrgyzstan, near the Taldyk settlement. It was accompanied by numerous aftershocks (852) with KR=4.111.4. In general, the seismic situation in the region in 2015 is characterized by lower values of the number of earthquakes N and the released seismic energy E compared to the average annual values of these parameters for the period from 1996 to 2014. The location and configuration of the main seismically active zones remained without changes.