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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="review-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Дальневосточного отделения Российской академии наук</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">0869-7698</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">The Russian Academy of Sciences</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">687223</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31857/S0869769825020019</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">GFTUMG</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Earth and Environment Sciences</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Науки о Земле и окружающей среде</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Review Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Earthquake migration and slow strain waves</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Миграция землетрясений и медленные деформационные волны</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0637-0112</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Bykov</surname><given-names>Victor G.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Быков</surname><given-names>Виктор Геннадьевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics, Chief Researcher</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Доктор физико-математических наук, главный научный сотрудник</p></bio><email>bykov@itig.as.khb.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1283-5032</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Merkulova</surname><given-names>Tatjana V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Меркулова</surname><given-names>Татьяна Владимировна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Candidate of Sciences in Geology and Mineralogy, Leading Researcher</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Кандидат геолого-минералогических наук, ведущий научный сотрудник</p></bio><email>merkulova@itig.as.khb.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Kosygin Institute of Tectonics and Geophysics, FEB RAS</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Институт тектоники и геофизики им. Ю.А. Косыгина ДВО РАН</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-08-04" publication-format="electronic"><day>04</day><month>08</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>5</fpage><lpage>16</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-07-10"><day>10</day><month>07</month><year>2025</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2025-07-10"><day>10</day><month>07</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Russian Academy of Sciences</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Российская академия наук</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Russian Academy of Sciences</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Российская академия наук</copyright-holder></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.eco-vector.com/0869-7698/article/view/687223">https://journals.eco-vector.com/0869-7698/article/view/687223</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Research of seismicity migration provide insight into the physical mechanisms of tectonic stress transmission and new opportunities for hazard assessment and prediction of various natural disasters associated with recent geodynamic activity. The review briefly presents the main results of studies of seismicity migration and the fundamental problem of tectonic stress transfer, obtained at the Institute of Tectonics and Geophysics, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the last decade.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Исследования миграции сейсмичности дают представление о физических механизмах передачи тектонических напряжений и новые возможности для оценки опасности и прогнозирования разнообразных природных катастроф, связанных с современной геодинамической активностью. В обзоре кратко представлены основные результаты исследований миграции сейсмичности и фундаментальной проблемы переноса тектонических напряжений, полученные в Институте тектоники и геофизики ДВО РАН в последнее десятилетие.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>recent geodynamics</kwd><kwd>seismology</kwd><kwd>crustal deformation</kwd><kwd>hidden faults</kwd><kwd>earthquake migrationц</kwd><kwd>slow strain waves</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>современная геодинамика</kwd><kwd>сейсмология</kwd><kwd>деформация земной коры</kwd><kwd>скрытые разломы</kwd><kwd>миграция землетрясений</kwd><kwd>медленные деформационные волны</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><funding-source><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="ru">Правительство РФ</institution></institution-wrap><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="en">Government of the Russian Federation</institution></institution-wrap></funding-source><award-id>122041100034-6</award-id></award-group></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Kasahara K. 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