Geophysical Service of the

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across t ...

(russian: Геофизическая служба Российской Академии Наук) is a research body responsible for geological research.

History

Geophysical Service was established on the basis of Experimental Methodical Expedition of the Joint Institute of Physics of the Earth in accordance with the Decree of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences No.107 on May 31, 1994, pursuant to

Order of the Government of Russia Orders of the Government of Russia (russian: Постановления и Pаспоряжения) is secondary legislation, a normative administrative directive content published by the Government of the Russian Federation within the limits of i ...

No.444 of May 11, 1993.

Functions

The main activities of service: basic research and applied research in the field of

seismology Seismology (; from Ancient Greek σεισμός (''seismós'') meaning "earthquake" and -λογία (''-logía'') meaning "study of") is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other ...

and geophysics, as well as conducting continuous seismic monitoring of the Russian Federation, tsunami warning in the

Russian Far East The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Восток России, r=Dal'niy Vostok Rossii, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in Northeast Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asian continent; and is admini ...

, monitoring

volcanic activity Volcanism, vulcanism or volcanicity is the phenomenon of eruption of molten rock (magma) onto the surface of the Earth or a solid-surface planet or moon, where lava, pyroclastics, and volcanic gases erupt through a break in the surface called a ...

Kamchatka The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and wes ...

and slow monitoring of geodynamic processes in the crust and

ground deformation Ground may refer to: Geology * Land, the surface of the Earth not covered by water * Soil, a mixture of clay, sand and organic matter present on the surface of the Earth Electricity * Ground (electricity), the reference point in an electrical c ...

, carrying out continuous seismic monitoring of the world. In addition, in comply with the

, Russian Academy of Sciences, the service: *Together with

Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring of Russia The Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet) (russian: Федеральная служба по гидрометеорологии и мониторингу окружающей среды Росси ...

, maintains the

Russian Tsunami Warning System Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries * Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and pe ...

in the Far East; *Together with the

Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (russian: Министерство обороны Российской Федерации, Минобороны России, informally abbreviated as МО, МО РФ or Minoboron) is the govern ...

(according to Government Resolution dated August 25, 2005, No.537) maintains a Russian objects (9 seismic stations through RAS) of the International Monitoring System, which is created for continuous monitoring of the implementation of the

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) is a multilateral treaty to ban nuclear weapons test explosions and any other nuclear explosions, for both civilian and military purposes, in all environments. It was adopted by the United Nations ...

(CTBT).

References

* {{coord missing, Russia Institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences Geophysics organizations Seismology Earthquake and seismic risk mitigation