Comment on “Ultra Low Frequency (ULF) European multi station magnetic field analysis before and during the 2009 earthquake at L’Aquila regarding regional geotechnical information” by Prattes et al. (2011)

Prattes et al. (2011) report ULF magnetic anomalous signals claiming them to be possibly precursor of the 6 April 2009 MW6.3 L’Aquila earthquake. This comment casts doubts on the possibility that the observed magnetic signatures could have a seismogenic origin by showing that these pre-earthquake signals are actually part of normal global geomagnetic activity.

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