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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 Classification: | 04. 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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