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Near-field fault slip of the 2016 Vettore M(w) 6.6 earthquake (Central Italy) measured using low-cost GNSS

The temporal evolution of slip on surface ruptures during an earthquake is important for assessing fault displacement, defining seismic hazard and for predicting ground motion. However, measurements of near-field surface displacement at high temporal resolution are elusive. We present a novel record...

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Autores principales: Wilkinson, Maxwell W., McCaffrey, Ken J. W., Jones, Richard R., Roberts, Gerald P., Holdsworth, Robert E., Gregory, Laura C., Walters, Richard J., Wedmore, Luke, Goodall, Huw, Iezzi, Francesco
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5496879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28676691
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04917-w
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author Wilkinson, Maxwell W.
McCaffrey, Ken J. W.
Jones, Richard R.
Roberts, Gerald P.
Holdsworth, Robert E.
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Wedmore, Luke
Goodall, Huw
Iezzi, Francesco
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Roberts, Gerald P.
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description The temporal evolution of slip on surface ruptures during an earthquake is important for assessing fault displacement, defining seismic hazard and for predicting ground motion. However, measurements of near-field surface displacement at high temporal resolution are elusive. We present a novel record of near-field co-seismic displacement, measured with 1-second temporal resolution during the 30(th) October 2016 M(w) 6.6 Vettore earthquake (Central Italy), using low-cost Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers located in the footwall and hangingwall of the Mt. Vettore - Mt. Bove fault system, close to new surface ruptures. We observe a clear temporal and spatial link between our near-field record and InSAR, far-field GPS data, regional measurements from the Italian Strong Motion and National Seismic networks, and field measurements of surface ruptures. Comparison of these datasets illustrates that the observed surface ruptures are the propagation of slip from depth on a surface rupturing (i.e. capable) fault array, as a direct and immediate response to the 30(th) October earthquake. Large near-field displacement ceased within 6–8 seconds of the origin time, implying that shaking induced gravitational processes were not the primary driving mechanism. We demonstrate that low-cost GNSS is an accurate monitoring tool when installed as custom-made, short-baseline networks.
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spelling pubmed-54968792017-07-10 Near-field fault slip of the 2016 Vettore M(w) 6.6 earthquake (Central Italy) measured using low-cost GNSS Wilkinson, Maxwell W. McCaffrey, Ken J. W. Jones, Richard R. Roberts, Gerald P. Holdsworth, Robert E. Gregory, Laura C. Walters, Richard J. Wedmore, Luke Goodall, Huw Iezzi, Francesco Sci Rep Article The temporal evolution of slip on surface ruptures during an earthquake is important for assessing fault displacement, defining seismic hazard and for predicting ground motion. However, measurements of near-field surface displacement at high temporal resolution are elusive. We present a novel record of near-field co-seismic displacement, measured with 1-second temporal resolution during the 30(th) October 2016 M(w) 6.6 Vettore earthquake (Central Italy), using low-cost Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers located in the footwall and hangingwall of the Mt. Vettore - Mt. Bove fault system, close to new surface ruptures. We observe a clear temporal and spatial link between our near-field record and InSAR, far-field GPS data, regional measurements from the Italian Strong Motion and National Seismic networks, and field measurements of surface ruptures. Comparison of these datasets illustrates that the observed surface ruptures are the propagation of slip from depth on a surface rupturing (i.e. capable) fault array, as a direct and immediate response to the 30(th) October earthquake. Large near-field displacement ceased within 6–8 seconds of the origin time, implying that shaking induced gravitational processes were not the primary driving mechanism. We demonstrate that low-cost GNSS is an accurate monitoring tool when installed as custom-made, short-baseline networks. Nature Publishing Group UK 2017-07-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5496879/ /pubmed/28676691 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04917-w Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Wedmore, Luke
Goodall, Huw
Iezzi, Francesco
Near-field fault slip of the 2016 Vettore M(w) 6.6 earthquake (Central Italy) measured using low-cost GNSS
title Near-field fault slip of the 2016 Vettore M(w) 6.6 earthquake (Central Italy) measured using low-cost GNSS
title_full Near-field fault slip of the 2016 Vettore M(w) 6.6 earthquake (Central Italy) measured using low-cost GNSS
title_fullStr Near-field fault slip of the 2016 Vettore M(w) 6.6 earthquake (Central Italy) measured using low-cost GNSS
title_full_unstemmed Near-field fault slip of the 2016 Vettore M(w) 6.6 earthquake (Central Italy) measured using low-cost GNSS
title_short Near-field fault slip of the 2016 Vettore M(w) 6.6 earthquake (Central Italy) measured using low-cost GNSS
title_sort near-field fault slip of the 2016 vettore m(w) 6.6 earthquake (central italy) measured using low-cost gnss
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5496879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28676691
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04917-w
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