High precision locations of multiplets on south-eastern flank of Mt. Etna (Italy): reconstruction of fault plane geometry

Details High precision locations of multiplets on south-eastern flank of Mt. Etna (Italy): reconstruction of fault plane geometry High precision locations of multiplets on south-eastern flank of Mt. Etna (Italy): reconstruction of fault plane geometry

Mar 2003

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Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Volume 135, Issue 4, p. 281-289.

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On 9 January 2001, a seismic swarm, located on the south-eastern flank of Mt. Etna and with nearly identical waveforms, caused some damage to Zafferana Etnea village, 3km from the epicentral area.
An analysis of the seismicity occurring in the last 8 years in this area has revealed other earthquakes with the same characteristics; some pre-empted and followed (up to a few months) the 2001 January swarm, others were recorded more than five years beforehand.
Using similarity of waveforms, these earthquakes were classified into three families.
The use of a multiplet-technique has allowed to obtain the spatial distribution of the events with higher precision (mean error of 10-20m) with respect to traditional localization techniques.
Mt. Etna earthquakes relocation clearly describes the geometry of the seismogenic tectonic structure; the hypocenters lie on a NE-SW oriented plane that is coincident with one of the focal planes obtained by first-arrival polarities. This alignment is also coherent with one of the main regional tectonic trends cutting the Mt. Etna area, and can be interpreted as a right-lateral strike seismic source on the south-eastern flank of Mt. Etna, distant from eruptive centres, which repeats from time to time and is able to produce strong energy releases.

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