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The article shows the monitoring results of the Ural region seismic network in 2013. It describes the seismic stations and registration abilities of the network. The analysis of seismic activity in Ural in 2013 and infor-mation about changes of the regional seismic regime since 2006 are given. The seismicity in the Ural is unique as it is presented by a wide spectrum of natural earthquakes (tectonic, earthquakes due to collapse, impact) as well as induced earthquakes (explosions, rock falls, rockbursts). Whereby the number of explosions in the region predominates among other seismic events, the number of rockbursts is much more than tectonic earth-quakes. A structural ordering can be seen for tectonic earthquakes. They tend to the basic geologic structure of the region to the Main Ural Fault. The induced events tend to mining regions. Also, there is a weak scat-tered seismicity that is typical for platform territories. Acting since 1999 the regional seismic network pro-vides the representative registration on the magnitude level ML≥2.5. In general in 2013 in Ural it was regis-tered 173 seismic events, and their basic seismic parameters were determined. The common number of in-dustrial explosions was 173. The summarized seismic explosions energy was 3.99E+9 Joules. The number of rockbursts was 29; their seismic energy was 2.82E+9 Joules. The five tectonic earthquakes made the min-imal contribution to the seismicity of the region. The unique event registered by seismic network was the ex-plosion of Chelyabinsk meteorite, and its parameters are shown in the article. Parameters of all mentioned above seismic events are presented in catalogue. The strongest events with ML≥3.0 including Chelyabinsk meteorite explosion, are considered separately, including their seismograms and parameters provided by other international seismic centers. The article shows the map with the actual locations of regional seismic stations and event epicenters in 2013. Generally the seismic regime of the region in 2013 was quite calm; the summarized seismic explosions energy was low. The trend to the seismic activity decay continues since 2010. The location of the natural and induced seismic events in space confirms the active zones previously determined.

The article provides macroseismic data on the earthquake 20.05.2014 18h26mUTC ML=2.8, that had a local but relatively strong macroseismic effect (I0=4–5) in the Chishminsky district of the Republic of Bashkortostan. After the event, macroseismic data were collected in 27 settlements in the epicentral zone. This data allowed to determine the macroseismic epicenter, which is close to the instrumental one. The events in the same area during the historical period were considered in detail and modern seismic records were revised. The data allowed to identify a series of similar seismic events with less magnitudes in 2014. The classification of these activities into two groups has been justified there. There are tectonic and natural events induced by Alkinskoye oil deposit exploration.

The article shows currentlayout ofseismic network in the Urals and Western Siberia, data processing technique and results of brief analysis of seismic activity in the region in 2014. Ability of the network adjusted to new boundaries of the territory under control that now includes the Urals and Western Siberia is shown. About 80% of registered events are the technological explosions in mines and open pits, 46 events are related to natural or induced seismicity. For the strongest events of the last group the options of determination of focal parameters received by other agencies are given.

The article summarizes information about seismic network in the Urals and Western Siberia region, describes processing technique, presents a short analysis of the seismic activity in 2015. Seismic network capability is shown for the whole territory under control. It was found that about 82 % of registered events are explosions in mines and open pits, 37 events are natural or induced ones. For the strongest induced events, variants of source parameters obtained by different agencies are shown. The strongest tectonic event in 2015 and for the last century (after 1914) is the Middle Ural earthquake with ML=4.7, I0=6 that occurred on October 18, 2015.