Recalibration of the distance correction term for local magnitude (ML) computations in Italy

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1383-1392

  Lolli, Barbara ^a   Gasperini, Paolo ^a,b   Mele, Francesco Mariano ^a   Vannucci, Gianfranco ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CORRECTION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; SEISMOLOGY;

ITALY;

EID: 84941922662     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0220150020     Document Type: Review

References (36)

1. Alessandrini, B., L. Beranzoli, and F. M. Mele (1995). 3-D crustal P-wave velocity tomography of the Italian region using local and regional seismicity data, Ann. Geofisc. 38, 189-211.
2. Amato, A., B. Alessandrini, and G. Cimini (1993). Teleseismic-wave tomography of Italy, in Seismic Tomography: Theory and Practice, H. M. Iyer and K. Hirahara (Editors), Chapman and Hall, London, United Kingdom, 361-396.
3. Amato, A., L.Margheriti, R. Azzara, A. Basili, C. Chiarabba, M. G. Ciaccio, G. B. Cimini, M. Di Bona, A. Frepoli, F. P. Lucente, C. Nostro, and G. Selvaggi (1998). Passive seismology and deep structure in central Italy, Pure Appl. Geophys. 151, 479-493.
4. Anderson, J. A., and H. O. Wood (1925). Description and theory of the torsion seismometer, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 15, 1-72.
5. Bommer, J. J., J. Douglas, and F. O. Strasser (2003). Style-of-faulting in ground-motion prediction equations, Bull. Earthq. Eng. 1, no. 2, 171-203.
6. Boschi, E., A. Morelli, and P. Gasperini (1994). A network of multi-sensor stations for continuous monitoring of ground motion and deformation, Phys. Earth Planet. In. 84, 289-298.
7. Burnham, K. P., and D. R. Anderson (2002). Model selection and multimodel inference, in A Practical Information: Theoretic Approach, Second Ed., Springer, New York, New York, 488 pp.
8. Carletti, F., and P. Gasperini (2003). Lateral variations of seismic intensity attenuation in Italy, Geophys. J. Int. 155, 839-856, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2003.02073.x.
9. Catalogo Parametrico dei Terremoti Italiani (CSTI) Working Group (2004). Catalogo Parametrico dei Terremoti Italiani (versione 1.1), available at http://gaspy.df.unibo.it/paolo/gndt/Versione1-1/Leggimi.htm (last accessed May 2015) (in Italian).
10. Clinton, J. F., E. Hauksson, and K. Solanki (2006). An evaluation of the SCSN moment tensor solutions: Robustness of the Mw magnitude scale, style of faulting, and automation of the method, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 96, 1689-1705, doi:10.1785/0120050241.
11. Di Bona, M. (2003). Magnitude, libreria di Classi C++ per il calcolo della Magnitudo, Open File, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy (in Italian).
12. Di Sanza, A., and R. Console (2002). Revision of the amplitude-distance relation for local magnitude estimation in Italy, J. Seismol. 6, 87-97.
13. Di Stefano, R., C. Chiarabba, F. P. Lucente, and A. Amato (1999). Crustal and uppermost mantle structure in Italy from the inversion of P-wave arrival times: Geodynamic implications, Geophys. J. Int. 139, 483-498.
14. Draper, N., and H. Smith (1981). Applied Regression Analysis, John Wiley and Sons, New York, New York, 709 pp.
15. Gasperini, P. (2002). Local magnitude revaluation for recent Italian earthquakes (1981-1996), J. Seismol. 6, 503-524.
16. Gasperini, P., B. Lolli, and G. Vannucci (2013). Empirical calibration of local magnitude data sets versus moment magnitude in Italy, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 103, 2227-2246, doi:10.1785/0120120356.
17. Gasperini, P., B. Lolli, G. Vannucci, and E. Boschi (2012). A comparison of moment magnitude estimates for the European-Mediterranean and Italian regions, Geophys. J. Int. 190, 1733-1745, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05575.x.
18. Gutenberg, B., and C. F. Richter (1942). Earthquake magnitude, intensity, energy, and acceleration, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 32, 163-191.
19. Hutton, L. K., and D. M. Boore (1987). The ML scale in southern California, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 77, 2074-2094.
20. International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI) (2005). Summary of magnitude working group recommendations on standard procedures for determining earthquake magnitudes from digital data, available at http://www.iaspei.org/commissions/CSOI.html (last accessed September 2013).
21. Jennings, P. C., and H. Kanamori (1983). Effect of distance of local magnitudes found from strong-motion records, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 73, 265-280.
22. Kanamori, H., P. Maechling, and E. Hauksson (1999). Continuous monitoring of ground-motion parameters, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 89, no. 1, 311-316.
23. Lolli, B., and P. Gasperini (2012). A comparison among general orthogonal regression methods applied to earthquake magnitude conversions, Geophys. J. Int. 190, 1135-1151, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05530.x.
24. Lolli, B., P. Gasperini, A. Rebez, and G. Vannucci (2015). Revaluation in term of moment magnitude (Mw) of magnitude estimates of Italian earthquakes occurred before 1981 (unpublished manuscript).
25. Mazza, S. (1996). Magml, programma per il calcolo della magnitudo ML da dati broad-band, Open File, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica, Rome, Italy (in Italian).
26. Mele, G., A. Rovelli, D. Seber, T. H. Hearn, and M. Barazangi (1998). Compressional velocity structure and anisotropy in the uppermost mantle beneath Italy and surrounding regions, J. Geophys. Res. 103, 12529-12543.
27. Piromallo, C., and A. Morelli (1997). Imaging the Mediterranean upper mantle by P-wave travel time tomography, Ann. Geophys. 40, 963-979.
28. Postpischl, D. (1985). Catalogo dei terremoti italiani dall'anno 1000 al 1980, Quad. Ric. Scient. 114, no. 2B, Bologna, Italy, 239 pp.
29. Richter, C. F. (1935). An instrumental earthquake magnitude scale, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 25, 1-31.
30. Sbarra, P., P. Tosi, and V. De-Rubeis (2009), Web-based macroseismic survey in Italy: Method validation and results, Nat. Hazards 54, 563-581, doi:10.1007/s11069-009-9488-7.
31. Scognamiglio, L., L. Margheriti, F. M. Mele, E. Tinti, A. Bono, P. De-Gori, V. Lauciani, F. P. Lucente, A. G. Mandiello, C. Marcocci, S. Mazza, S. Pintore, and M. Quintiliani (2012). The 2012 Pianura Padana Emiliana seimic sequence: Locations, moment tensors and magnitudes, Ann. Geophys. 55, no. 4, doi:10.4401/ag-6159.
32. Spakman, W., S. van-der-Lee, and R. van-der-Hilst (1993). Travel-time tomography of the European-Mediterranean mantle down to 1400 km, Phys. Earth Planet. In. 79, 3-74.
33. w based earthquake catalogue for central, northern and northwestern Europe, J. Seismol. 8, no. 1, 143-153.
34. Uhrhammer, R. A., and E. R. Collins (1990). Synthesis of Wood-Anderson seismograms from broadband digital records, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 80, 702-716.
35. Uhrhammer, R. A., S. Loper, and B. Romanowicz (1996). Determination of local magnitude using BDSN broadband records, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 86, no. 5, 1314-1330.
36. Wu, Y., R. M. Allen, and C. Wu (2005). Revised ML determination for crustal earthquakes in Taiwan, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 95, no. 6, 2517-2524, doi:10.1785/0120050043.