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Authors: | Cannata, Andrea* Iozzia, Adriana* Alparone, Salvatore* Bonforte, Alessandro* Cannavò, Flavio* Cesca, Simone* Gresta, Stefano* Rivalta, Eleonora* Ursino, Andrea* |
Title: | Repeating earthquakes and ground deformation reveal the structure and triggering mechanisms of the Pernicana fault, Mt. Etna | Journal: | Communications Earth & Environment | Series/Report no.: | /2 (2021) | Publisher: | Nature PG | Issue Date: | 2021 | DOI: | 10.1038/s43247-021-00188-6 | Abstract: | Structure and dynamics of fault systems can be investigated using repeating earthquakes as repeatable seismic sources, alongside ground deformation measurements. Here we utilise a dataset of repeating earthquakes which occurred between 2000 and 2019 along the transtensive Pernicana fault system on the northeast flank of Mount Etna, Italy, to investigate the fault structure, as well as the triggering mechanisms of the seismicity. By grouping the repeating earthquakes into families and integrating the seismic data with GPS measurements of ground deformation, we identify four distinct portions of the fault. Each portion shows a different behaviour in terms of seismicity, repeating earthquakes and ground deformation, which we attribute to structural differences including a segmentation of the fault plane at depth. The recurrence intervals of repeating earthquake families display a low degree of regularity which suggests an episodic triggering mechanism, such as magma intrusion, rather than displacement under a constant stress. |
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