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Many thanks are due to ENI S.p.A. to provide the borehole data. This work was carried out in the frame of the MIUR-FIRB Project ‘Research and Development of New Technologies for Projection and Defense of Territory fromNatural Risks’ (WP-C3, coordinator Paola Montone).
Acknowledgments
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107 measures, 56 maxB-
32 measures, 12 maxD-
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“Fucoidi” marls (Albian-Aptian)
“Scaglia” marly limestone (Eocene-upper Cretaceous)
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09/04/09 03:15Mw 4.4
09/04/06 07:17Mw 4.2
09/04/06 01:32Mw 6.3
09/03/30Mw 4.4
09/07/12 08:38Mw 4.3
09/04/07 09:26Mw 5.1
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09/04/06 16:38Mw 4.4
09/04/06 03:56Mw 4.5
09/04/07 21:34Mw 4.5
09/04/06 02:37Mw 5.1
09/04/09 04:32Mw 4.3
09/06/22 20:58Mw 4.7
09/04/06 23:15Mw 5.1
09/04/10 03:22Mw 3.9
09/04/09 00:52Mw 5.4
09/07/03 11:03Mw 4.1
09/04/14 20:14Mw 4.0
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L’Aquila 2009 seismic sequence (Chiarabba et al., 2009) with focal mechanism solutions of the main events (Pondrelli et al., 2010). Red circles are the three mainshocks; light blue circles are the foreshocks of the sequence (http://iside.rm.ingv.it/); yellow squares represent the historical seismicity with M ≥ 5.5 (CPTI Working Group 2004); yellow stars are the well locations.
Seismotectonic setting of the area. (a) 170 TDMT T-axis orientations of the 2009 L’Aquila sequence (http://www.eas.slu.edu/Earthquake Center/MECH.IT/); CMT focal mechanisms of the three mainshocks (A, B, C; Pondrelli et al., 2010); σ3 orientation from the 1992, 1994 and 1996 seismic sequences (Boncio et al., 2004); the Shmin orientation inferred from breakout analysis in the two deep wells Campotosto (C1) and Varoni (V1) and the major active normal and thrust faults. In the inset: the rose plot shows the orientation of the 186 coseismic rup-tures identified at surface (Emergeo Working Group, 2010). (b) Azimuth frequency histogram of TDMT T-axis orientations; the red lines represent the T-axis orientations from CMT data of main events (Pondrelli et al., 2010). (c) TDMT T-axis azimuth distribution versus depth together with the Shmin orientation from boreholes breakouts (yellow stars) and the σ3 from the past sequences (red circle). (d) TDMT T-axis versus their magnitude.
(a) Geological and structural map of the study area (redrawn after Centamore et al., 1991) with Shmin orientations from breakout analysis. The inset shows the location and the focal mechanisms of the three 2009 mainshocks.(b) Stratigraphic sketch and breakout analysis of the Varoni 1 (V1) and Campotosto 1 (C1) wells. The two rose plots show breakout orientations scaled for length and the results (Shmin orientation with standard deviation and breakout length) considering all data. On the right of the stratigraphic logs: SHDT log analysed (black line), breakout interval (red line), and breakout orientations coloured according to different data quality (red = high, green = medium and blue = low) where each bar represents a breakout interval of 50 m maximum length.
Map of the surveyed coseismic effects. Sites of measurements are distin-guished between tectonic ruptures and secondary effects (induced by seismic shaking). We report also the sites along faults where no ruptures or other effects were observed. Rose diagrams of the tectonic surface ruptures: A) total data; B) Paganica fault; C) Mt. Bazzano fault and D) Monticchio-Fossa fault. We do not report rose diagrams when the data are less than 5 measurements. Quaternary normal faults are numbered as follow: 1- Paganica, 2 – Poggio Picenze-S. Deme-trio, 3 - Mt. Bazzano, 4 -Monticchio-Fossa, 5- S. Angelo-Tione, 6- Roio-Canetra, 7- Mt. Pettino, 8 - Mt. Stabiata, 9- Colle Praticciolo, 10 - Valle del Macchione, 11- Mt. Marine, 12 – Gran Sasso-Mt. Corvo, 13 – Campo Imperatore, 14 – Mt. Laga, 15 – SW Campotosto, 16 – Mt. S. Franco, 17- Mt. Ocre system, 18 – Campo Felice, 19- Ovindoli-Pezza, 20 – Mt. Orbetello (Emergeo Working Group, 2010).
Detail of the Paganica surface faulting. Red lines are the mapped rupture strands; the white line is the long-term Paganica fault trace. Photos with white frame show details of the long-term expression and displacements of the Paganica fault. Photos with the red frame show details of the 6 April ruptures (red arrows) when crossing man-made features in the urbanized area (Emergeo Working Group, 2010).
Ground ruptures along the Paganica fault. The breaks consist of vertical disloca-tions or warps and open cracks with a persistent orientation of N130-N140. They cross different type of deposits and type of man-made features, see for instance the main aqueduct in the lower right photo (Emergeo Working Group, 2010).
The contribution of this work is the estimation of the Shmin along two deep boreholes located close to the 2009 L’Aquila seismic sequence. The results show a Shmin N081 ± 22° and N074 ± 10° oriented for Varoni 1 and Campotosto 1 wells, respectively, slight different from the mean regional NE–SW apenninic trend. Breakout analysis results show a good agreement with the other available contemporary stress indicators as CMT focal mechanisms (M ≥ 3.9), TDMT focal mechanisms (M ≥ 2.7), σ3 from three recent seismic sequences, Quaternary faults and 2009 coseismic surface ruptures. All data support an ENE active post-orogenic extension in the area, moreover, the identification of constant Shmin orientations from 0 down to 15 km depth confirms breakouts as reliable stress indicators also for aseismic areas. The small rotation of present-day stress field (Shmin) from ~NE oriented in the southern to ~ENE in the northern sector, follows the changing trend of the tectonic structures. This orientation is even more evident northward, up to the 1979 Norcia earthquake area, identifying a portion of the belt (~50 km long) with a different Shmin, influenced by the presence of ~N–S tectonic structure. Differently, the tectonic structures do not seem influence the active stress field orientation either northward (1997 Colfiorito earthquake) or southward (1915 Fucino earthquake). Noteworthy, although we have analysed only two boreholes, the results agree with the other stress indicators highlighting that breakouts are reliable indicators of the regional stress field.
Seismotectonic sketch showing Shmin orientations from earthquake data M≥5.4 (Montone et al., 2004) and from borehole breakouts of Campotosto (C1) and Varoni (V1) wells. Main thrust and Quaternary/active normal faults modified after Pizzi & Galadini (2009).
The Mw 6.3 mainshock on April 6, 2009 produced deformation at surface. The most significant ruptures occurred along the SW-dipping, Paganica normal fault (east of L’Aquila), with a clear expression for a continuous extent of about 3 Km (Emergeo Working Group, 2010).
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On April 6 2009 a strong earthquake (Mw= 6.3) occurred in Central Italy
destroying the old town of L’Aquila and causing the death of hundreds
of people. The mainshock was followed by two major aftershocks on 7
April (Mw= 5.6) and 9 April (Mw= 5.4) and more than 30000 minor
events, ~170 with Ml> 3.0, during the following two months. The seis-
mic sequence is confined in the upper 10 km, with exception of 7 April
earthquake located at 15 km depth. The focal mechanisms of the main
events show NW-normal faulting, consistent with the NE-SW trending
extensional regime of the central Apennines. The earthquake occurred
along the SW-dipping Paganica fault, and produced a surface rupture ~3
km long and maximum 10 cm high. Nevertheless, the cumulated size of
the Paganica fault scarp and those of other active faults in the area, sug-
gest that the Paganica fault could rupture with larger magnitude earth-
quakes than the 2009 event. Thus, although this earthquake caused loss
of lives and major damage it does not fully reflect the seismic hazard of
the area. We have analyzed in detail the only two deep boreholes of
the area to infer the present-day horizontal stress orientation and dis-
criminate regional and local sources of stress. We have compared
stress orientation from borehole breakout data with those deduced
from focal mechanism solutions and active faults to fully depict the
stress pattern from surface to focal depths. Notwithstanding the results
are comparable with the well-known regional present-day stress trend,
they reveal a more complex pattern, that is probably due to the pres-
ence of active structures differently oriented with respect to the aver-
age regional trend.
ABSTRACT
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Present-day stress in the area of L’Aquila April 6 2009 earthquake (Italy) ISRSV04-037
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