SISMIKO: emergency network deployment and data sharing for the 2016 central Italy seismic sequence
Authors:Moretti, Milena Pondrelli, Silvia Margheriti, Lucia Abruzzese, Luigi Anselmi, Mario Arroucau, Pierre Baccheschi, Paola Baptie, Brian Bonadio, Raffaele Bono, Andrea Bucci, Augusto Buttinelli, Mauro Capello, Marco Cardinale, Vincenzo Castagnozzi, Angelo Cattaneo, Marco Cecere, Gianpaolo Chiarabba, Claudio Chiaraluce, Lauro Cimini, Giovanni Battista Cogliano, Rocco Colasanti, Gianfranco Colasanti, Marco Criscuoli, Fabio D'Alema, Ezio D'Alessandro, Antonino D'Ambrosio, Ciriaco Danecek, Peter De Caro, Mariagrazia De Gori, Pasquale Delladio, Alberto De Luca, Gaetano De Luca, Giovanni Demartin, Martina Di Nezza, Maria Di Stefano, Raffaele Falco, Luigi Fares, Massimo Frapiccini, Massimo Frepoli, Alberto Galluzzo, Danilo Giandomenico, Edoardo Giovani, Lucian Giunchi, Carlo Govoni, Aladino Hawthorn, David Ladina, Chiara Lauciani, Valentino Lindsay, Anthony Mancini, Simone Mandiello, Alfonso Giovanni Marzorati, Simone Massa, Marco Memmolo, Antonino Migliari, Franco Minichiello, Felice Monachesi, Giancarlo Montuori, Caterina Moschillo, Raffaele Murphy, Shane Pagliuca, Nicola Mauro Pastori, Marina Piccinini, Davide Piccolini, Ulderico Pintore, Stefano Poggiali, Giulio Rao, Sandro Saccorotti, Gilberto Segou, Margarita Serratore, Andrea Silvestri, Marcello Silvestri, Stefano Vallocchia, Massimiliano Valoroso, Luisa Zuccarello, Luciano Michelini, Alberto Mazza, Salvatore
Volume:59
DOI:10.4401/ag-7212
Published:2016
Document Type:Article
Abstract:At 01:36 UTC (03:36 local time) on August 24th 2016, an earthquake Mu, 6.0 struck an extensive sector of the central Apennines (coordinates: latitude 42.70 degrees N, longitude 13.23 degrees E, 8.0 km depth). The earthquake caused about 300 casualties and severe damage to the historical buildings and economic activity in an area located near the borders of the Umbria, Lazio, Abruzzo and Marche regions. The Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) located in few minutes the hypocenter near Accumoli, a small town in the province of Rieti. In the hours after the quake, dozens of events were recorded by the National Seismic Network (Rete Sismica Nazionale, RSN) of the INGV, many of which had a ML > 3.0. The density and coverage of the RSN in the epicentral area meant the epicenter and magnitude of the main event and subsequent shocks that followed it in the early hours of the seismic sequence were well constrained. However, in order to better constrain the localizations of the aftershock hypocenters, especially the depths, a denser seismic monitoring network was needed. Just after the mainshock, SISMIKO, the coordinating body of the emergency seismic network at INGV, was activated in order to install a temporary seismic network integrated with the existing permanent network in the epicentral area. From August the 24th to the 30th, SISMIKO deployed eighteen seismic stations, generally six components (equipped with both velocimeter and accelerometer), with thirteen of the seismic station transmitting in real-time to the INGV seismic monitoring room in Rome. The design and geometry of the temporary network was decided in consolation with other groups who were deploying seismic stations in the region, namely EMERSITO (a group studying site-effects), and the emergency Italian strong motion network (RAN) managed by the National Civil Protection Department (DPC). Further 25 BB temporary seismic stations were deployed by colleagues of the British Geological Survey (BGS) and the School of Geo-sciences, University of Edinburgh in collaboration with INGV. All data acquired from SISMIKO stations, are quickly available at the European Integrated Data Archive (EIDA). The data acquired by the SISMIKO stations were included in the preliminary analysis that was performed by the Bollettino Sismico Italiano (BSI), the Centro Nazionale Terremoti (CNT) staff working in Ancona, and the INGV-MI, described below.
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Corresponding Author:Moretti, M (通讯作者)，Ist Nazl Geofis & Vulcanol, Rome, Italy.
Reprint Address:Moretti, M (通讯作者)，Ist Nazl Geofis & Vulcanol, Rome, Italy.
Addresses:[Moretti, Milena; Pondrelli, Silvia; Margheriti, Lucia; Abruzzese, Luigi; Anselmi, Mario; Baccheschi, Paola; Bono, Andrea; Bucci, Augusto; Buttinelli, Mauro; Capello, Marco; Cardinale, Vincenzo; Castagnozzi, Angelo; Cattaneo, Marco; Cecere, Gianpaolo; Chiarabba, Claudio; Chiaraluce, Lauro; Cogliano, Rocco; Colasanti, Gianfranco; Colasanti, Marco; Criscuoli, Fabio; D'Alema, Ezio; D'Alessandro, Antonino; D'Ambrosio, Ciriaco; Danecek, Peter; De Caro, Mariagrazia; De Gori, Pasquale; Delladio, Alberto; De Luca, Gaetano; De Luca, Giovanni; Demartin, Martina; Di Nezza, Maria; Di Stefano, Raffaele; Falco, Luigi; Fares, Massimo; Frapiccini, Massimo; Frepoli, Alberto; Galluzzo, Danilo; Giandomenico, Edoardo; Giovani, Lucian; Giunchi, Carlo; Govoni, Aladino; Ladina, Chiara; Lauciani, Valentino; Mancini, Simone; Mandiello, Alfonso Giovanni; Marzorati, Simone; Massa, Marco; Memmolo, Antonino; Migliari, Franco; Minichiello, Felice; Monachesi, Giancarlo; Montuori, Caterina; Moschillo, Raffaele; Murphy, Shane; Pagliuca, Nicola Mauro; Pastori, Marina; Piccinini, Davide; Piccolini, Ulderico; Pintore, Stefano; Rao, Sandro; Saccorotti, Gilberto; Serratore, Andrea; Silvestri, Marcello; Silvestri, Stefano; Vallocchia, Massimiliano; Valoroso, Luisa; Zuccarello, Luciano; Michelini, Alberto; Mazza, Salvatore] Ist Nazl Geofis & Vulcanol, Rome, Italy; [Arroucau, Pierre; Bonadio, Raffaele; Hawthorn, David; Poggiali, Giulio] Dublin Inst Adv Studies, Dublin, Ireland; [Baptie, Brian; Segou, Margarita] British Geol Survey, Nottingham, England; [Lindsay, Anthony] Univ Ulster, Coleraine, Londonderry, North Ireland
E-mail Addresses:milena.moretti@ingv.it