The 1998-1999 Pollino (Southern Apennines, Italy) seismic crisis: tomography of a sequence

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I. Guerra
P. Harabaglia
A. Gervasi
A. B. Rosa

Abstract

In 1998-1999 a seismic sequence occurred in the Southern Apennines, after the moderate size (mb=5.0) 9th September
1998 Pollino earthquake. It lasted about 14 months and was clearly localized to the sole north-west area
of the main shock epicenter. Its peculiarity consisted in sudden changes of activity from a series of normal faults
with Apenninic (NW-SE) trend and transfer, presumably strike slip, faults with Antiapenninic (NE-SW) and E-W
trend. The complexity of the behavior and the different orientations of the activated systems suggest that the area
acts as a hinge between the NW-SE trending Southern Apennines and the locally N-S trending Calabrian Arc.

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Guerra, I., Harabaglia, P., Gervasi, A. and Rosa, A. B. (2005) “The 1998-1999 Pollino (Southern Apennines, Italy) seismic crisis: tomography of a sequence”, Annals of Geophysics, 48(6). doi: 10.4401/ag-3249.
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