Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2122/9338
Authors: De Santis, A.* 
Cianchini, G.* 
Di Giovambattista, R.* 
Title: Accelerating moment release revisited: Examples of application to Italian seismic sequences
Journal: Tectonophysics 
Series/Report no.: /639 (2015)
Publisher: Elsevier Science Limited
Issue Date: 12-Jan-2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.11.015
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040195114006040
Keywords: Earthquake interaction
Forecasting and prediction
Seismicity and tectonics
Seismic attenuation
Seismic sequence
Foreshocks
Subject Classification04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.01. Earthquake faults: properties and evolution 
Abstract: From simple considerations we propose a revision of the AcceleratingMoment Release (AMR) methodology for improving our knowledge of seismic sequences and then, hopefully in a close future, to reach the capability of predicting the main-shock location and occurrence with sufficient accuracy. The proposed revision is based on the introduction of a “reduced” Benioff strain for the earthquakes of the seismic sequence where, for the same magnitude and after a certain distance from the main-shock epicentre, the closer the events the more they are weighted. In addition,we retain the usual expressions proposed by the ordinary AMRmethod for the estimation of the corresponding main-shock magnitude, although this parameter is the weakest of the analysis. Then, we apply the revised method to four case studies in Italy, three of which are the most recent seismic sequences of the last 9 years culminating with a shallow main-shock, and one is instead a 1995–1996 swarm with no significant main-shock. The application of the R-AMRmethodology provides the best results in detecting the precursory seismic acceleration,when comparedwith those found by ordinaryAMR technique.We verify also the stability of the results in space, applying the analysis to real data with moving circles in a large area around each mainshock epicentre, and the efficiency of the revised technique in time, comparing the results with those obtained when applying the same analysis to simulated seismic sequences.
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