After the main shocks of the 2002 Molise, Italy, earthquake sequence, the University of Genoa Geophysical Section (Dip. Te. Ris) installed a temporary seismic network, composed of two velocimetric and two accelerometric stations, in the village of Ripabottoni (Campobasso Province), near the epicentral area. These stations were implemented in the regional network of seismic instruments installed after November 1 by geophysical institutes from Rome and Trieste, Italy. The network registered more than 2,000 aftershocks with magnitudes ranging from 1.0–4.0. A DISEG Group also participated in a survey coordinated by the Larino Emergency Operations Center to examine damaged churches. The preliminary data, which correlates the waveform of the available recordings from aftershocks with damaged masonry pillars, indicates that the damage may relate not only to the intrinsic vulnerability of this building type, but also to the high energy in the high frequency range observed in the vertical component of the earthquakes.
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The Relationship between Damage and Peak Accelerations in Ripabottoni during the 2002 Molise, Italy, Earthquake Available to Purchase
Luana Isella;
Luana Isella
a)
Dip. Te. Ris (Dipartimento per lo studio del Territorio e delle sue Risorse), University of Genoa, Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132 Genoa, Italy
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Stefano Podestà;
Stefano Podestà
b)
Diseg (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale e Geotecnica), University of Genoa, Via Montallegro 1, 16145 Genoa, Italy
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Sonia Resemini;
Sonia Resemini
b)
Diseg (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale e Geotecnica), University of Genoa, Via Montallegro 1, 16145 Genoa, Italy
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Marco Pasta;
Marco Pasta
a)
Dip. Te. Ris (Dipartimento per lo studio del Territorio e delle sue Risorse), University of Genoa, Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132 Genoa, Italy
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Claudio Eva
Claudio Eva
a)
Dip. Te. Ris (Dipartimento per lo studio del Territorio e delle sue Risorse), University of Genoa, Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132 Genoa, Italy
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Luana Isella
a)
Dip. Te. Ris (Dipartimento per lo studio del Territorio e delle sue Risorse), University of Genoa, Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132 Genoa, Italy
Stefano Podestà
b)
Diseg (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale e Geotecnica), University of Genoa, Via Montallegro 1, 16145 Genoa, Italy
Sonia Resemini
b)
Diseg (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale e Geotecnica), University of Genoa, Via Montallegro 1, 16145 Genoa, Italy
Marco Pasta
a)
Dip. Te. Ris (Dipartimento per lo studio del Territorio e delle sue Risorse), University of Genoa, Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132 Genoa, Italy
Claudio Eva
a)
Dip. Te. Ris (Dipartimento per lo studio del Territorio e delle sue Risorse), University of Genoa, Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132 Genoa, Italy
Publisher: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
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27 Oct 2022
Online ISSN: 1944-8201
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Earthquake Spectra (2004) 20 (1_suppl): 119–130.
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Luana Isella, Stefano Podestà, Sonia Resemini, Marco Pasta, Claudio Eva; The Relationship between Damage and Peak Accelerations in Ripabottoni during the 2002 Molise, Italy, Earthquake. Earthquake Spectra 2004;; 20 (1_suppl): 119–130. doi: https://doi.org/10.1193/1.1766307
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- acceleration
- aftershocks
- amplitude
- body waves
- buildings
- earthquakes
- elastic waves
- Europe
- faults
- field studies
- focal mechanism
- frequency
- geologic hazards
- ground motion
- Italy
- magnitude
- measurement
- Molise Italy
- natural hazards
- P-waves
- peak ground acceleration
- S-waves
- seismic intensity
- seismic networks
- seismic waves
- seismograms
- Southern Europe
- strike-slip faults
- vertical movements
- waveforms
- Molise earthquake 2002
- Ripabottoni Italy
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