Multiparameter monitoring of short-term earthquake precursors and its physical basis. Implementation in the Kamchatka region

¹ Space Research Institute, RAS, 84/32 Profsoyuznaya str., 117997, Moscow, Russia
² CEESMO, Chapman University, 1 University Drive, Orange, CA 92866, USA
³ Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, RAS, Bolshaya Gruzinskaya, 10, 123242, Moscow, Russia

^* Corresponding author: pulse@rssi.ru

Abstract

We apply experimental approach of the multiparameter monitoring of short-term earthquake precursors which reliability was confirmed by the Lithosphere-Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling (LAIC) model created recently [1]. A key element of the model is the process of Ion induced Nucleation (IIN) and formation of cluster ions occurring as a result of the ionization of near surface air layer by radon emanating from the Earth's crust within the earthquake preparation zone. This process is similar to the formation of droplet’s embryos for cloud formation under action of galactic cosmic rays. The consequence of this process is the generation of a number of precursors that can be divided into two groups: a) thermal and meteorological, and b) electromagnetic and ionospheric. We demonstrate elements of prospective monitoring of some strong earthquakes in Kamchatka region and statistical results for the Chemical potential correction parameter for more than 10 years of observations for earthquakes with M≥6. As some experimental attempt, the data of Kamchatka volcanoes monitoring will be demonstrated.