Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009georl..3617312w&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 36, Issue 17, CiteID L17312
Physics
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Seismology: Earthquake Source Observations (1240), Geodesy And Gravity: Tectonic Deformation (6924), Radio Science: Interferometry (1207, 1209, 1242), Tectonophysics: Continental Tectonics: Extensional (0905), Structural Geology: Remote Sensing
Scientific paper
We use InSAR and body-wave seismology to determine independent source parameters for the 6th April 2009 Mw 6.3 L'Aquila earthquake and confirm that the earthquake ruptured a SW-dipping normal fault with ˜0.6-0.8 m slip. The causative Paganica fault had been neglected relative to other nearby range-frontal faults, partly because it has a subdued geomorphological expression in comparison with these faults. The L'Aquila earthquake occurred in an area with a marked seismic deficit relative to geodetically determined strain accumulation. We use our source model to calculate stress changes on nearby faults produced by the L'Aquila earthquake and we find that several of these faults have been brought closer to failure.
D'Agostino Nicola
Elliott Robert J.
England Philip C.
Hunstad Ingrid
Jackson James A.
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