Refined rupture-velocity estimation of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake (Mw 6.3, Central Italy) derived from apparent source time functions

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2474-2481

  Orefice, Antonella ^a   Vallée, Martin ^b   Balestra, Julien ^b,c   Delouis, Bertrand ^b   Zollo, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; APPARENT SOURCE; CENTRAL APENNINES; EMPIRICAL GREEN'S FUNCTIONS; INTERFEROMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; JOINT INVERSION; L'AQUILA EARTHQUAKES; RUPTURE VELOCITIES;

ESTIMATION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; VELOCITY;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; GREEN FUNCTION; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEISMIC SOURCE; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

ITALY;

AQUILA;

EID: 84881075546     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120120255     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Bagh, S., L. Chiaraluce, P. De Gori, M. Moretti, A. Govoni, C. Chiarabba, P. Di Bartolomeo, and M. Romanelli (2007). Background seismicity in the Central Apennines of Italy: The Abruzzo region case study, Tec-tonophysics, 444, nos. 1-4, 80-92, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.08.009.
2. Bertero, M., D. Bindi, P. Boccacci, M. Cattaneo, C. Eva, and V. Lanza (1997). Application of the projected Landweber method to the estimation of the source time function in seismology, Inverse Probl. 13, 465-486.
3. Bigi, S., C. Doglioni, and G. Mariotti (2002). Thrust vs normal fault decolle-ments in the Central Apennines, Boll. Soc. Geol. Ital. 1, 161-166.
4. Bizzarri, A., and M. Cocco (2006). A thermal pressurization model for the spontaneous dynamic rupture propagation on a three-dimensional fault: 1. Methodological approach, J. Geophys. Res. 111, B05303, doi: 10.1029/2005JB003862.
5. Bizzarri, A., E. M. Dunham, and P. Spudich (2010). Coherence of Mach fronts during heterogeneous supershear earthquake rupture propagation: Simulations and comparison with observations, J. Geophys. Res. 115, B08301, doi: 10.1029/2009JB006819.
6. Chiarabba, C., S. Bagh, I. Bianchi, P. De Gori, and M. Barchi (2010). Deep structural heterogeneities and the tectonic evolution of the Abruzzi region (Central Apennines, Italy) revealed by microseismicity, seismic tomography, and teleseismic receiver functions, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 295, nos. 3-4, 462-476, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.028.
7. Cirella, A., A. Piatanesi, M. Cocco, E. Tinti, L. Scognamiglio, A. Michelini, A. Lomax, and E. Boschi (2009). Rupture history of the 2009 L'Aquila (Italy) earthquake from nonlinear joint inversion of strong motion and GPS data, Geophys. Res. Lett. 36, no. 19, L19304, doi: 10.1029/ 2009GL039795.
8. Cirella, A., A. Piatanesi, E. Tinti, M. Chini, and M. Cocco (2012). Complexity of the rupture process during the 2009 ĹAquila, Italy, earthquake, Geophys. J. Int. 190, 607-621, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05505.x
9. D'Agostino, N., S. Mantenuto, E. D'Anastasio, A. Avallone, M. Barchi, C. Collettini, F. Radicioni, A. Stoppini, and G. Castellini (2009). Contemporary crustal extension in the Umbria-Marche Apennines from regional CGPS networks and comparison between geodetic and seismic deformation, Tectonophysics, 476, 3-12.
10. Delouis, B., D. Giardini, P. Lungren, and J. Salichon (2002). Joint inversion of InSAR, GPS, teleseismic, and strong motion data for the spatial and temporal distribution of earthquake slip: Application to the 1999 Izmit mainshock, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 92, 278-299.
11. Devoti, R., F. Riguzzi, M. Cuffaro, and C. Doglioni (2008). New GPS constraints on the kinematics of the Apennines subduction, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 273, 163-174, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.031.
12. Di Bucci, D., P. Burrato, P. Vannoli, and G. Valensise (2010). Tectonic evidence for the ongoing Africa-Eurasia convergence in central Mediterranean foreland areas: A journey among long-lived shear zones, large earthquakes, and elusive fault motions, J. Geophys. Res. 115, B12404, doi: 10.1029/2009JB006480.
13. Di Stefano, R., C. Chiarabba, L. Chiaraluce, M. Cocco, P. De Gori, D. Piccinini, and L. Valoroso (2011). Fault zone properties affecting the rupture evolution of the 2009 (Mw 6.1) L'Aquila earthquake (central Italy): Insights from seismic tomography, J. Geophys. Res. 38, L10310, doi: 10.1029/2011GL047365.
14. Doglioni, C., F. Mongelli, and G. Pialli (1998). Boudinage of the Alpine belt in the Apenninic back-arc, Mem. Soc. Geol. 52, 457-468.
15. Ekström, G. (2011). A global model of Love and Rayleigh surface wave dispersion and anisotropy, Geophy. J. Int. 25-250s doi: 10.1111/ j.1365-246X.2011.05225.x
16. Hartzell, S. H. (1978). Earthquake aftershocks as Green's functions, Geophys. Res. Lett. 5, 1-4.
17. Hartzell, S. H., and T. H. Heaton (1983). Inversion of strong motion and teleseismic waveform data for the fault rupture history of the 1979 Imperial Valley, California, earthquake, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 73, 1533-1583.
18. Haskell, N. A. (1969). Elastic displacements in the near-field of a propagating fault, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 59, 865-908.
19. Janert, K. P. (2009). Gnuplot in Action: Understanding Data with Graphs, Manning Publications Co., Greenwich, Connecticut, 396 pp.
20. Lucente, F. P., P. De Gori, L. Margheriti, D. Piccinini, M. Di Bona, C. Chiarabba, and N. Piana Agostinetti (2011). Temporal variation of seismic velocity and anisotropy before the 2009 Mw 6.3 L'Aquila earthquake, Italy, Geology 38, 1014-1018, doi: 10.1130/G31463.1
21. Maercklin, N., A. Zollo, A. Orefice, G. Festa, A. Emolo, R. De Matteis, B. Delouis, and A. Bobbio (2011). The effectiveness of a distant ac-celerometer array to compute seismic source parameters: The April 2009 ĹAquila Earthquake case history, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 101, 354-365.
22. Marquardt, D. (1963). An algorithm for least-squares estimation of nonlinear parameters, SIAM J. Appl. Math. 11, 431-441, doi: 10.1137/0111030.
23. Montone, P., A. Amato, and S. Pondrelli (1999). Active stress map of Italy, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 25,595-25,610, doi: 10.1029/1999JB900181.
24. Olson, A. H., and R. J. Aspel (1982). Finite fault and inverse theory with applications to the 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 72, 1969-2001.
25. Selvaggi, G. (1998). Spatial distribution of horizontal seismic strain in the Apennines from historical earthquakes, Ann. Geofisc. 41, 241-251.
26. Serpelloni, E., M. Anzidei, P. Baldi, G. Casula, and A. Galvani (2005). Crustal velocity and strain-rate fields in Italy and surrounding regions: New results from the analysis of permanent and nonpermanent GPS networks, Geophys. J. Int. 161, 861-880, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02618.x.
27. Templeton, E. L., and J. R. Rice (2008). Off-fault plasticity and earthquake rupture dynamics: 1. Dry materials or neglect of fluid pressure changes, J. Geophys. Res. 113, B09306, doi: 10.1029/2007JB005529.
28. Terakawa, T., A. Zoporowski, B. Galvan, and S. Miller (2010). High pressure fluid at hypocentral depths in the L'Aquila region inferred from earthquake focal mechanism, Geology 38, 995-998, doi: 10.1130/ G31457.1.
29. Vallée, M. (2004). Stabilizing the empirical Green function analysis: Development of the projected Landweber method, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 94, 394-409.
30. Vallée, M., J. Charléty, A. M. G. Ferreira, B. Delouis, and J. Vergoz (2011). SCARDEC: A new technique for the rapid determination of seismic moment magnitude, focal mechanism and source time functions for large earthquakes using body wave deconvolution, Geophys. J. Int. 184, 338-358.
31. Viesca, R. C., E. L. Templeton, and J. R. Rice (2008). Off-fault plasticity and earthquake rupture dynamics: 2. Effects of fluid saturation, J. Geophys. Res. 113, B09307, doi: 10.1029/2007JB005530.
32. Walters, R. J., J. R. Elliott, N. D'Agostino, P. C. England, I. Hunstad, J. A. Jackson, B. Parsons, R. J. Phillips, and G. Roberts (2009). The 2009 ĹAquila earthquake (central Italy): A source mechanism and implications for seismic hazard, Geophys. Res. Lett. 36, L17312, doi: 10.1029/ 2009GL039337.
33. Yano, T. E., G. Shao, Q. Liu, C. Ji, and R. J. Archuleta (2009). Finite fault kinematic rupture model of the 2009 Mw 6.3 ĹAquila earthquake from inversion of strong motion, GPS and lnSAR data, AGU, Fall Meeting 2009, Abstract S34A-02.
34. Zaccarelli, L., N. M. Shapiro, L. Faenza, G. Soldati, and A. Michelini (2011). Variation of crustal elastic properties during the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake inferred from cross-correlation of ambient seismic noise, Geophys. Res. Lett. 38, L24304, doi: 10.1029/2011GL049750.