Seismicity, seismological network and seismic protection in Ukraine

Seismicity of the territory of East European platform within the Ukraine boundary is defined with influence of the powerful seismic active belt of planet, which includes the western, south-western and south regions of country as well as is linked with the large-scale local geological processes in the Earth´s crust and upper mantle. When the man-caused load being increased and the basic funds in Ukraine are exposed to considerable wear-out, then the risks associated with the hazardous influence of earthquakes are essential growth. In turn, it can raise the level of man-caused risk in different branches of national economy. The seismological network of National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine is supplying the data about seismic effects on the territory of country, on basis of which the science-based prediction of the values of seismic hazard parameters are determined. They are necessary for the central and local authorities for planning the building and providing the stable development of seismic regions. The main problems solved on the basis of seismic monitoring provided by seismic stations are protection of population, housing and other structures against earthquakes (seismic protection) and investigation of deep structures and Earth´s geodynamics for purposeful search of minerals. Both problems can be successfully solved provided a dense seismic monitoring network. It determines necessity of its further development at Ukraine.