Abstract
Seismic deformations in the ruins of the ancient town of Yangi Akhsi (Namangan oblast, Uzbekistan) have been studied: ruptures with displacement in the ground, collapses over considerable distances, tilts, shifts, and rotations of the parts of buildings, formed as a result of at least two late medieval earthquakes. They are associated with the activation of the North Ferghana flexure-rupture zone. Based on the assessment of the period of recurrence of earthquakes in this area, it is concluded that conditions have currently formed here for the occurrence of a seismic event with a magnitude of 6 or higher.
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The field research on the Yangi-Akhsi archaeological site and the following office works were supported by the fundamental grant of Uzbekistan Fz-202011021 of the National Center of Archaeology, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The research was supported by the fundamental grant of Uzbekistan “Research of regularities of seismotectonic process development in seismic active zones of Uzbekistan on the basis of the modern geodynamic models of Central Asia” of the Institute of Seismology, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan and according the State Assignment of the Schmidt Earth Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Korzhenkov, A.M., Anarbaev, A.A., Usmanova, M.T. et al. Seismic Catastrophes in Akhsiket (Akhsi), the Capital of Fergana, in the Epoch of Timur and the Timurids. Moscow Univ. Geol. Bull. 78, 200–209 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0145875223020096
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