Publication Date:
2023-03-20
Description:
We studied the long-term features of earthquakes caused by a fault system in the northern
Adriatic sea that experienced a series of quakes beginning with two main shocks of magnitude
5.5 and 5.2 on 9 November 2022 at 06:07 and 06:08 UTC, respectively. This offshore fault system,
identified through seismic reflection profiles, has a low slip rate of 0.2–0.5 mm/yr. As the historical
record spanning a millennium does not extend beyond the inter-event time for the largest expected
earthquakes (M ' 6.5), we used an earthquake simulator to generate a 100,000-year catalogue with
121 events of Mw 5.5. The simulation results showed a recurrence time (Tr) increasing from 800 yrs
to 1700 yrs as the magnitude threshold increased from 5.5 to 6.5. However, the standard deviation
s of inter-event times remained at a stable value of 700 yrs regardless of the magnitude threshold.
This means that the coefficient of variation (Cv = s/Tr) decreased from 0.9 to 0.4 as the threshold
magnitude increased from 5.5 to 6.5, making earthquakes more predictable over time for larger
magnitudes. Our study supports the use of a renewal model for seismic hazard assessment in regions
of moderate seismicity, especially when historical catalogues are not available.
Description:
Published
Description:
3746
Description:
2T. Deformazione crostale attiva
Description:
4T. Sismicità dell'Italia
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6T. Studi di pericolosità sismica e da maremoto
Description:
JCR Journal
Keywords:
Numerical modelling
;
earthquake simulator
;
statistical methods
;
earthquake clustering
;
northern Adriatic Sea
;
04.07. Tectonophysics
;
04.06. Seismology
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
article
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