ESTATE AT THE MASLYANAYA HEIGHT OF THE CHORA OF TAURIC CHERSONESOS AND EVIDENCE OF DESTRUCTIVE ANTIQUE EARTHQUAKE

© 2020 D.A. Moisieiev¹*, A.M. Korzhenkov², A.N. Ovsyuchenko², A.S. Larkov²

¹ Bakhchisaray Historical, Cultural and Archaeological Museum-Reserve, Bakhchysarai, Republic of Crimea, Russia

² Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

* e-mail: ohota_d@ukr.net

Abstract. The article describes the consequences of the strongest earthquake of ancient times, traces of which have been preserved in the walls of the fortified estate of the Chora of Tauric Chersonesos above the Belbek River. Based on archaeological data, it was possible to date the earthquake to the third quarter of the 3rd century BC. The epicentral area of the earthquake was located to the West–North-West of the estate, in the West Crimean Seismogenic Zone. The intensity was I_l = VIII–IX on the MSK-64 scale.

Keywords: earthquake, antiquity, Chora of Tauric Chersonesos, fortified estate, seismic deformations, kinematic indicators.

About the authors

MOISEIEV Dmitri Anatolievich – Archaeology and «Cave towns» museum of the Bakhchysarai Historical, Cultural and Archaeological Museum-preserve. Russia, Republic of Crimea, 298405, Bakhchysarai, Rechnaya st., 133. E-mail: ohota_d@ukr.net

KORZHENKOV Andrey Mikhailovich – Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences. Russia, 123242, Moscow, Bolshaya Gruzinskaya st., 10-1. E-mail: korzhenkov@ifz.ru

Ovsyuchenko Alexander Nikolaevich  Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences. Russia, 123242, Moscow, Bolshaya Gruzinskaya st., 10-1. E-mail: ovs@ifz.ru

LARKOV Alexander Sergeevich – Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences. Russia, 123242, Moscow, Bolshaya Gruzinskaya st., 10-1. E-mail: las119@yandex.ru

Cite this article as: Moiseiev D.A., Korzhenkov A.M., Ovsyuchenko A.N., Larkov A.S. Estate at the Maslyanaya height of the Chora of Tauric Chersonesos and evidence of destructive antique earthquake, Geofizicheskie Protsessy i Biosfera (Geophysical Processes and Biosphere), 2020, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 16–26 (in Russian). https://doi.org/10.21455/gpb2020.4-2

English version: Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, 2020, vol. 56, iss. 11. ISSN: 0001-4338 (Print), 1555-628X (Online). https://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/11485