Discreteness of the earth's crust, energy consumption of blocks and seismicity of the European north of Russia

The article presents results of calculations of the coefficients of discreteness and energy consumption of megablocks, transblock zones and intersection nodes in the territory of the European North of Russia (the Baltic Shield and the North of the Russian Plate). Calculations of fault surface density and the crushing («blockiness») function are carried out. Analysis of the obtained parameters showed that seismically active zones and nodes of their intersection are characterized by high values of the studied parameters comparable to the values typical for the Arctic seismic belt. Thus, we can talk about the spatial connection of blocks with increased discreteness, energy saturation and surface density of the fault with the topografic position of earthquakes.