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Reappraising the 25 February 1695 Asolano earthquake

Romano Camassi, Viviana Castelli, Enrico Serpelloni and Silvia Pondrelli
Reappraising the 25 February 1695 Asolano earthquake
Seismological Research Letters (November 2023) 95 (1): 526-538

Abstract

The 1695 M (sub w) 6.4 Asolano earthquake is the southernmost of the six largest earthquakes to have occurred in northeast Italy or nearby (the others being 1348 M (sub w) 6.6 Eastern Alps; 1511 M (sub w) 6.3 Friuli-Slovenia; 1873 M (sub w) 6.2 Alpago-Cansiglio; 1936 M (sub w) 6.1 Alpago-Cansiglio; 1976 M (sub w) 6.4 Friuli). The 1695 earthquake is generally associated with the Montello thrust, with most recent studies locating it on the eastern slope of Montello Hill. A full-scale reappraisal of all available historical data leads this study to a more robust macroseismic localization of the 1695 earthquake and to open toward other possible locations of the seismic source that produced it. In particular, it becomes feasible to place its epicenter at the foothills of the Monte Grappa massif, the major morphological expression of the Bassano-Valdobbiadene thrust fault. Here, we describe the reasons that make this fault a possible alternative to previous hypotheses.


ISSN: 0895-0695
EISSN: 1938-2057
Serial Title: Seismological Research Letters
Serial Volume: 95
Serial Issue: 1
Title: Reappraising the 25 February 1695 Asolano earthquake
Affiliation: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Bologna, Italy
Pages: 526-538
Published: 20231103
Text Language: English
Publisher: Seismological Society of America, El Cerrito, CA, United States
References: 54
Accession Number: 2024-004142
Categories: Seismology
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. 3 tables, sketch maps
N45°00'00" - N47°00'00", E11°00'00" - E14°00'00"
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2024, American Geosciences Institute. Abstract, Copyright, Seismological Society of America. Reference includes data from GeoScienceWorld, Alexandria, VA, United States
Update Code: 202403
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