Reconnaissance of 2016 Central Italy Earthquake Sequence

Jonathan P. Stewart, Paolo Zimmaro, Giuseppe Lanzo, Silvio Mazzoni, Ernesto Ausilio, Stefano Aversa, Francesca Bozzoni, Roberto Cairo, Maria Chiara Capatti, Massimina Castiglia, Filiberto Chiabrando, Anna Chiaradonna, Anna d'Onofrio, Shideh Dashti, Raffaele De Risi, Filomena de Silva, Fernando della Pasqua, Francesca Dezi, Alessandra Di Domenica, Luigi Di SarnoMaria Giovanna Durante, Emanuela Falcucci, Sebastiano Foti, Kevin W. Franke, Fabrizio Galadini, Silvia Giallini, Stefano Gori, Robert Kayen, Tadahiro Kishida, Andrea Lingua, Bret Lingwall, Michele Mucciacciaro, Alessandro Pagliaroli, Federico Passeri, Panagiotis Pelekis, Alberto Pizzi, Brandon Reimschiissel, Antonio Santo, Filippo Santucci de Magistris, Giuseppe Scasserra, Anastasios Sextos, Stefania Sica , F Silvestri, Armando Simonelli, Antonia Spano, Paolo Tommasi, Giuseppe Tropeano

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Abstract

The Central Italy earthquake sequence nominally began on 24 August 2016 with a M6.1 event on a normal fault that produced devastating effects in the town of Amatrice and several nearby villages and hamlets. A major international response was undertaken to record the effects of this disaster, including surface faulting, ground motions, landslides, and damage patterns to structures. This work targeted the development of high-value case histories useful to future research. Subsequent events in October 2016 exacerbated the damage in previously affected areas and caused damage to new areas in the north, particularly the relatively large town of Norcia. Additional reconnaissance after a M6.5 event on 30 October 2016 documented and mapped several large landslide features and increased damage states for structures in villages and hamlets throughout the region. This paper provides an overview of the reconnaissance activities undertaken to document and map these and other effects, and highlights valuable lessons learned regarding faulting and ground motions, engineering effects, and emergency response to this disaster.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1721-1737
Number of pages17
JournalEarthquake Spectra
Volume34
Issue number4
Early online date26 Dec 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

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