Large earthquakes in the Baikal region as response to bifurcations in nonlinear resonance hysteresis

The hypothesis that large earthquakes in the Baikal region are a response to bifurcations in nonlinear resonance hysteresis in a system consisting of three oscillators, attractor structures of riftogenesis, is substantiated. The hypothesis is confirmed by the spatial-temporal and magnitude distribution of large earthquakes: all the pairs of earthquakes with magnitude M LH > 5.5 that took place in the region within a small time period but were remote from one another show fair agreement with the main theoretical conclusions.