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Geodetic model of the 2016 Central Italy earthquake sequence inferred from InSAR and GPS data
Author(s) -
Cheloni D.,
De Novellis V.,
Albano M.,
Antonioli A.,
Anzidei M.,
Atzori S.,
Avallone A.,
Bignami C.,
Bonano M.,
Calcaterra S.,
Castaldo R.,
Casu F.,
Cecere G.,
De Luca C.,
Devoti R.,
Di Bucci D.,
Esposito A.,
Galvani A.,
Gambino P.,
Giuliani R.,
Lanari R.,
Manunta M.,
Manzo M.,
Mattone M.,
Montuori A.,
Pepe A.,
Pepe S.,
Pezzo G.,
Pietrantonio G.,
Polcari M.,
Riguzzi F.,
Salvi S.,
Sepe V.,
Serpelloni E.,
Solaro G.,
Stramondo S.,
Tizzani P.,
Tolomei C.,
Trasatti E.,
Valerio E.,
Zinno I.,
Doglioni C.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1002/2017gl073580
Subject(s) - geology , geodetic datum , interferometric synthetic aperture radar , seismology , geodesy , global positioning system , sequence (biology) , synthetic aperture radar , fault (geology) , slip (aerodynamics) , remote sensing , telecommunications , physics , biology , computer science , genetics , thermodynamics
We investigate a large geodetic data set of interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) and GPS measurements to determine the source parameters for the three main shocks of the 2016 Central Italy earthquake sequence on 24 August and 26 and 30 October ( M w 6.1, 5.9, and 6.5, respectively). Our preferred model is consistent with the activation of four main coseismic asperities belonging to the SW dipping normal fault system associated with the Mount Gorzano‐Mount Vettore‐Mount Bove alignment. Additional slip, equivalent to a M w ~ 6.1–6.2 earthquake, on a secondary (1) NE dipping antithetic fault and/or (2) on a WNW dipping low‐angle fault in the hanging wall of the main system is required to better reproduce the complex deformation pattern associated with the greatest seismic event (the M w 6.5 earthquake). The recognition of ancillary faults involved in the sequence suggests a complex interaction in the activated crustal volume between the main normal faults and the secondary structures and a partitioning of strain release.