On the possibility of development of the technology for managing seismotectonic displacements in fault zones

Current geophysical experience shows that conventional measures proposed by the world scientific community to withstand seismic hazard, including various types of seismic zoning and earthquake prognosis, as well as costly earthquake-proof building, prove to be insufficient as they do not allow to avoid the destructive consequences of very strong earthquakes. Therefore, in recent decades, many geophysicists proposed new approaches to ensuring seismic safety. The present paper briefly discusses the results of geophysical studies, which are based on carrying out complex man-caused impacts on segments of seismically active fault zones. We discuss the prospects of formulation of a multidisciplinary approach to seismically safe reduce of the excess elastic strain energy in fault zones to a safe background level for hundreds of years. Potential realizability of the proposed approach is confirmed by the experience of small-scale tests in the fault segments of the Baikal rift zone. The key issues that inevitably arise during complex large-scale testing are considered by the example of the Arshan segment of the Tunkinsky riftogenic fault.