A strainmeter array as the fulcrum of novel observatory sites along the Alto Tiberina Near Fault Observatory

Chiaraluce, Lauro; Bennett, Richard; Mencin, David; Johnson, Wade; Barchi, Massimiliano Rinaldo; Bohnhoff, Marco; Baccheschi, Paola; Caracausi, Antonio; Calamita, Carlo; Cavaliere, Adriano; Gualandi, Adriano; Mandler, Eugenio; Mariucci, Maria Teresa; Martelli, Leonardo; Marzorati, Simone; Montone, Paola; Pantaleo, Debora; Pucci, Stefano; Serpelloni, Enrico; Supino, Mariano; Stramondo, Salvatore; Hanagan, Catherine; Van Boskirk, Liz; Gottlieb, Mike; Mattioli, Glen; Urbani, Marco; Mirabella, Francesco; Akimbekova, Assel; Pierdominici, Simona; Wiersberg, Thomas; Marone, Chris; Palmieri, Luca; Schenato, Luca

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-33-173-2024

Articles | Volume 33, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-33-173-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-33-173-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 33, issue 2

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24 Jun 2024

Science report |

| 24 Jun 2024

A strainmeter array as the fulcrum of novel observatory sites along the Alto Tiberina Near Fault Observatory

Lauro Chiaraluce, Richard Bennett, David Mencin, Wade Johnson, Massimiliano Rinaldo Barchi, Marco Bohnhoff, Paola Baccheschi, Antonio Caracausi, Carlo Calamita, Adriano Cavaliere, Adriano Gualandi, Eugenio Mandler, Maria Teresa Mariucci, Leonardo Martelli, Simone Marzorati, Paola Montone, Debora Pantaleo, Stefano Pucci, Enrico Serpelloni, Mariano Supino, Salvatore Stramondo, Catherine Hanagan, Liz Van Boskirk, Mike Gottlieb, Glen Mattioli, Marco Urbani, Francesco Mirabella, Assel Akimbekova, Simona Pierdominici, Thomas Wiersberg, Chris Marone, Luca Palmieri, and Luca Schenato

Data sets

Seismic raw data European Integrated Data Archive (EIDA) https://eida.ingv.it/it/

Geodetic raw data European Plate Observing System (EPOS) https://gnssdata-epos.oca.eu/

Borehole Strainmeter Data Geodetic Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (GAGE) https://www.unavco.org/data/strain-seismic/bsm-data/bsm-data.html

Public data and images International Continental Scientific Drilling Program https://www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-continent/europe/star-italy/public-data

The Near Fault Observatory community in Europe: a new resource for faulting and hazard studies (http://fridge.ingv.it) Lauro Chiaraluce et al. https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-8778

Catalogo Parametrico dei Terremoti Italiani (CPTI15), versione 4.0 A. Rovida et al. https://doi.org/10.13127/cpti/cpti15.4

Short summary

We built six observatory stations in central Italy to monitor a fault potentially capable of generating a strong earthquake. Each site has 80–160 m deep wells equipped with strainmeters and seismometers. At the surface, we placed GNSS antennas and seismic and meteorological sensors. All data, which are open access for the scientific community, will help us to better understand the complex physical and chemical processes that lead to the generation of the full range of slow and fast earthquakes.