The 2012 Emilia Romagna (Italy) seismic sequence has been extensively studied given the occurrence of two mainshocks, both temporally and spatially close to each other. The recent literature accounts for several fault models, obtained with different inversion methods and different datasets. Several authors investigated the possibility that the second event was triggered by the first mainshock with elusive results. In this work, we consider all the available InSAR and GPS datasets and two planar fault geometries, which are based on both seismological and geological constraints. We account for a layered, elastic half-space hosting the dislocation and compare the slip distribution resulting from the inversion and the related changes in Coulomb Failure Function (CFF) obtained with both a homogeneous and layered half-space. Finally, we focus on the interaction between the two main events, discriminating the contributions of coseismic and early postseismic slip of the mainshock on the generation of the second event and discuss the spatio-temporal distribution of the seismic sequence. When accounting for both InSAR and GPS geodetic data we are able to reproduce a detailed coseismic slip distribution for the two mainshocks that is in accordance with the overall aftershock seismicity distribution. Furthermore, we see that an elastic medium with depth dependent rigidity better accounts for the lack of the shallow seismicity, amplifying, with respect to the homogeneous case, the mechanical interaction of the two mainshocks.

Nespoli, M., Belardinelli, M.E., Anderlini, L., Bonafede, M., Pezzo, G., Todesco, M., et al. (2017). Effects of layered crust on the coseismic slip inversion and related CFF variations: hints from the 2012 Emilia Romagna earthquake. PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS, 273, 23-35 [10.1016/j.pepi.2017.10.011].

Effects of layered crust on the coseismic slip inversion and related CFF variations: hints from the 2012 Emilia Romagna earthquake

NESPOLI, MASSIMO;BELARDINELLI, MARIA ELINA;ANDERLINI, LETIZIA;BONAFEDE, MAURIZIO;PEZZO, GIUSEPPE;TODESCO, MICOL;RINALDI, ANTONIO PIO
2017

Abstract

The 2012 Emilia Romagna (Italy) seismic sequence has been extensively studied given the occurrence of two mainshocks, both temporally and spatially close to each other. The recent literature accounts for several fault models, obtained with different inversion methods and different datasets. Several authors investigated the possibility that the second event was triggered by the first mainshock with elusive results. In this work, we consider all the available InSAR and GPS datasets and two planar fault geometries, which are based on both seismological and geological constraints. We account for a layered, elastic half-space hosting the dislocation and compare the slip distribution resulting from the inversion and the related changes in Coulomb Failure Function (CFF) obtained with both a homogeneous and layered half-space. Finally, we focus on the interaction between the two main events, discriminating the contributions of coseismic and early postseismic slip of the mainshock on the generation of the second event and discuss the spatio-temporal distribution of the seismic sequence. When accounting for both InSAR and GPS geodetic data we are able to reproduce a detailed coseismic slip distribution for the two mainshocks that is in accordance with the overall aftershock seismicity distribution. Furthermore, we see that an elastic medium with depth dependent rigidity better accounts for the lack of the shallow seismicity, amplifying, with respect to the homogeneous case, the mechanical interaction of the two mainshocks.
2017
Nespoli, M., Belardinelli, M.E., Anderlini, L., Bonafede, M., Pezzo, G., Todesco, M., et al. (2017). Effects of layered crust on the coseismic slip inversion and related CFF variations: hints from the 2012 Emilia Romagna earthquake. PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS, 273, 23-35 [10.1016/j.pepi.2017.10.011].
Nespoli, Massimo; Belardinelli, MARIA ELINA; Anderlini, Letizia; Bonafede, Maurizio; Pezzo, Giuseppe; Todesco, Micol; Rinaldi, ANTONIO PIO
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