A focal mechanism study was carried out for seismic events that occurred in the central-northern Marche region in years 2003 to 2009. The study is based on earthquake data, having magnitude M ≥ 3.5, recorded by the seismic network of the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). The results show that events tend to cluster into different sectors, each being characterized by a roughly homogeneous seismological behaviour. The new data confirm the occurrence of an extensional stress regime in the axial zone of the mountain belt, generally characterized by vertical or sub-vertical P axes. On the other hand, a different stress regime appears to dominate in the outer Apennine sector extending from the high valley of the Marecchia River to the foothills west of Ancona. Here, the well-known extensional domain of the axial zone of the Apennine mountain belt gives way, through an area characterized by oblique-slip faulting and variably plunging P axes, to a regime dominated by roughly horizontal P axes along the Adriatic onshore. Roughly horizontal P axes characterize also the adjacent Adriatic Sea sector, although some variability in the maximum compression direction occurs in the offshore area.
A note on central-northern Marche seismicity: New focal mechanisms for events recorded in years 2003-2009 / Santini, S.; Saggese, F.; Megna, A.; Mazzoli, Stefano. - In: BOLLETTINO DI GEOFISICA TEORICA E APPLICATA. - ISSN 0006-6729. - STAMPA. - 52:(2011), pp. 639-649. [10.4430/bgta0025]
A note on central-northern Marche seismicity: New focal mechanisms for events recorded in years 2003-2009
MAZZOLI, STEFANO
2011
Abstract
A focal mechanism study was carried out for seismic events that occurred in the central-northern Marche region in years 2003 to 2009. The study is based on earthquake data, having magnitude M ≥ 3.5, recorded by the seismic network of the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). The results show that events tend to cluster into different sectors, each being characterized by a roughly homogeneous seismological behaviour. The new data confirm the occurrence of an extensional stress regime in the axial zone of the mountain belt, generally characterized by vertical or sub-vertical P axes. On the other hand, a different stress regime appears to dominate in the outer Apennine sector extending from the high valley of the Marecchia River to the foothills west of Ancona. Here, the well-known extensional domain of the axial zone of the Apennine mountain belt gives way, through an area characterized by oblique-slip faulting and variably plunging P axes, to a regime dominated by roughly horizontal P axes along the Adriatic onshore. Roughly horizontal P axes characterize also the adjacent Adriatic Sea sector, although some variability in the maximum compression direction occurs in the offshore area.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.