Rapid response seismic networks in Europe: lessons learnt from the L'Aquila earthquake emergency

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Lucia Margheriti
Lauro Chiaraluce
Christophe Voisin
Giovanna Cultrera
Aladino Govoni
Milena Moretti
Paola Bordoni
Lucia Luzi
Riccardo Azzara
Luisa Valoroso
Raffaele Di Stefano
Armand Mariscal
Luigi Improta
Francesca Pacor
Giuliano Milana
Marco Mucciarelli
Stefano Parolai
Alessandro Amato
Claudio Chiarabba
Pasquale De Gori
Francesco Pio Lucente
Massimo Di Bona
Maurizio Pignone
Gianpaolo Cecere
Fabio Criscuoli
Alberto Delladio
Valentino Lauciani
Salvatore Mazza
Giuseppe Di Giulio
Fabrizio Cara
Paolo Augliera
Marco Massa
Ezio D'Alema
Simone Marzorati
Monika Sobiesiak
Angelo Strollo
Anne-Marie Duval
Pascal Dominique
Bertrand Delouis
Anne Paul
Stephan Husen
Giulio Selvaggi

Abstract

The largest dataset ever recorded during a normal fault seismic sequence was acquired during the 2009 seismic emergency triggered by the damaging earthquake in L'Aquila (Italy). This was possible through the coordination of different rapid-response seismic networks in Italy, France and Germany. A seismic network of more than 60 stations recorded up to 70,000 earthquakes. Here, we describe the different open-data archives where it is possible to find this unique set of data for studies related to hazard, seismotectonics and earthquake physics. Moreover, we briefly describe some immediate and direct applications of emergency seismic networks. At the same time, we note the absence of communication platforms between the different European networks. Rapid-response networks need to agree on common strategies for network operations. Hopefully, over the next few years, the European Rapid-Response Seismic Network will became a reality.

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Margheriti, L., Chiaraluce, L., Voisin, C., Cultrera, G., Govoni, A., Moretti, M., Bordoni, P., Luzi, L., Azzara, R., Valoroso, L., Di Stefano, R., Mariscal, A., Improta, L., Pacor, F., Milana, G., Mucciarelli, M., Parolai, S., Amato, A., Chiarabba, C., De Gori, P., Lucente, F. P., Di Bona, M., Pignone, M., Cecere, G., Criscuoli, F., Delladio, A., Lauciani, V., Mazza, S., Di Giulio, G., Cara, F., Augliera, P., Massa, M., D’Alema, E., Marzorati, S., Sobiesiak, M., Strollo, A., Duval, A.-M., Dominique, P., Delouis, B., Paul, A., Husen, S. and Selvaggi, G. (2011) “Rapid response seismic networks in Europe: lessons learnt from the L’Aquila earthquake emergency”, Annals of Geophysics, 54(4). doi: 10.4401/ag-4953.
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Data and Methods

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