seismofocal zone

The purpose of the work is to study the features of seismotectonics of the junction zone of the Oash and Transcarpathian faults in the Ukrainian Transcarpathians. The research methodology combines a complex analysis of geological-tectonic, seismological, geomorphological and geodetic data on the studied area. For the clarification of coordinates and depths of local earthquake foci we applied methods of their hypocenters specification, using a calculated seismological hodograph and kinematic corrections.

In the paper the deep structure of the Carpathian region of Ukraine from the plate tectonics point of view is illustrated. According to geophysical research on regional sections the kimberlite formation of tectonomagmatic activation and seismofocal zone of Hercynian tectogenesis are found. Contrary to existing views the obtained data indicate that West European microplate came under the East European plate. In the light of the stated the prospects of oil-and-gas presence of the region are analysed.