Unravelling the complexity of Apenninic extensional fault systems: A review of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake (Central Apennines, Italy)

L Chiaraluce - Journal of Structural Geology, 2012 - Elsevier
The 2009 L'Aquila sequence activated a normal fault system 50 km long in the Central
Apennines, composed of two main NW-trending faults 12–16 km long: the main high angle …

Fault and basin depocentre migration over the last 2 Ma in the L'Aquila 2009 earthquake region, central Italian Apennines

B Giaccio, P Galli, P Messina, E Peronace… - Quaternary Science …, 2012 - Elsevier
Morphological, stratigraphical and structural investigations integrated with palaeomagnetic
and tephrostratigraphic studies and 40Ar/39Ar measurements allowed us to define the …

The anatomy of the 2009 L'Aquila normal fault system (central Italy) imaged by high resolution foreshock and aftershock locations

L Chiaraluce, L Valoroso, D Piccinini… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
On 6 April (01: 32 UTC) 2009 a MW 6.1 normal faulting earthquake struck the axial area of
the Abruzzo region in central Italy. We study the geometry of fault segments using high …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of subsurface geology on the distribution of earthquakes during the 2016‐–2017 Central Italy seismic sequence

MR Barchi, F Carboni, M Michele, M Ercoli, C Giorgetti… - Tectonophysics, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract In 2016–2017, a destructive sequence of earthquakes affected a wide portion of
Central Italy, activating a complex, 80-km long system of SW-dip** normal faults and …

A worldwide and unified database of surface ruptures (SURE) for fault displacement hazard analyses

S Baize, F Nurminen, A Sarmiento… - Seismological …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Fault displacement hazard assessment is based on empirical relationships that are
established using historic earthquake fault ruptures. These relationships evaluate the …

Control of pore fluid pressure diffusion on fault failure mode: Insights from the 2009 L'Aquila seismic sequence

L Malagnini, FP Lucente, P De Gori… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The MW 6.13 L'Aquila earthquake ruptured the Paganica fault on 2009/04/06 at 01: 32 UTC,
and started a strong sequence of aftershocks. For the first four days, the region north of the …

Surface Faulting of the 30 October 2016 Mw 6.5 Central Italy Earthquake: Detailed Analysis of a Complex Coseismic Rupture

F Villani, S Pucci, R Civico, PM De Martini, FR Cinti… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The study of coseismic surface ruptures provides insights into earthquakes dynamics and
fault growth processes. We analyze the surface faulting related to the seismic sequence that …

Complexity of the rupture process during the 2009 L'Aquila, Italy, earthquake

A Cirella, A Piatanesi, E Tinti, M Chini… - Geophysical Journal …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
In this study, we investigate the rupture history of the 2009 April 6 (M w 6.1) L'Aquila normal
faulting earthquake by using a non-linear inversion of strong motion, GPS and DInSAR data …

Palaeoseismology of the L'Aquila faults (central Italy, 2009, Mw 6.3 earthquake): implications for active fault linkage

PAC Galli, B Giaccio, P Messina… - Geophysical Journal …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Urgent urban-planning problems related to the 2009 April, M w 6.3, L'Aquila earthquake
prompted immediate excavation of palaeoseismological trenches across the active faults …

Space‐time distribution of afterslip following the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake

N D'agostino, D Cheloni, G Fornaro… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The inversion of multitemporal DInSAR and GPS measurements unravels the coseismic and
postseismic (afterslip) slip distributions associated with the 2009 MW 6.3 L'Aquila …