Rapid response seismic networks in Europe: lessons learnt from the L'Aquila earthquake emergency

Lucia Margheriti (1) , Lauro Chiaraluce (1) , Christophe Voisin (2) , Giovanna Cultrera (1) , Aladino Govoni (1, 3) , Milena Moretti (1) , Paola Bordoni (1) , Lucia Luzi (4) , Riccardo Azzara (1) , Luisa Valoroso (1) , Raffaele Di Stefano (1) , Armand Mariscal (2) , Luigi Improta (1) , Francesca Pacor (4) , Giuliano Milana (1) , Marco Mucciarelli (5) , Stefano Parolai (6) , Alessandro Amato (1) , Claudio Chiarabba (1) , Pasquale de Gori (1) , Francesco P. Lucente (1) , Massimo Di Bona (1) , Maurizio Pignone (1) , Gianpaolo Cecere (1) , Fabio Criscuoli (1) , Alberto Delladio (1) , Valentino Lauciani (1) , Salvatore Mazza (1) , Giuseppe Di Giulio (1) , Fabrizio Cara (1) , Paolo Augliera (4) , Marco Massa (4) , Ezio d'Alema (1) , Simone Marzorati (1) , Monika Sobiesiak (6, 7) , Angelo Strollo (6) , Anne-Marie Duval (8) , Pascal Dominique (9) , Bertrand Delouis (10) , Anne Paul (2) , Stephan Husen (11) , Giulio Selvaggi (1)

1 INGV - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - Sezione di Roma
2 ISTerre - Institut des Sciences de la Terre
3 OGS - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e di Oceanografia Sperimentale
4 INGV - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia – Sezione di Milano
5 Dipartimento di Strutture, Geotecnica, Geologia Applicata all'Ingegneria
6 GFZ - GeoForschungsZentrum - Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam
7 Institut für Geowissenschaften [Kiel]
8 ERA 6 Risque sismique - Equipe recherche associée au LCPC - ERA 6 Risque sismique
9 BRGM - Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM)
10 GEOAZUR 6526 - Géoazur
11 ETH Zürich - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich]

The largest dataset ever recorded during a normal fault seismic sequence was acquired during the 2009 seismic emergency triggered by the damaging earthquake in L'Aquila (Italy). This was possible through the coordination of different rapid-response seismic networks in Italy, France and Germany. A seismic network of more than 60 stations recorded up to 70,000 earthquakes. Here, we describe the different open-data archives where it is possible to find this unique set of data for studies related to hazard, seismotectonics and earthquake physics. Moreover, we briefly describe some immediate and direct applications of emergency seismic networks. At the same time, we note the absence of communication platforms between the different European networks. Rapid-response networks need to agree on common strategies for network operations. Hopefully, over the next few years, the European Rapid-Response Seismic Network will became a reality.

Keywords: Surveys; measurements and monitoring; Tectonics; Instruments and techniques; Rapid response seismic networks; Open data archives

Domains: Geomorphology

Lucia Margheriti, Lauro Chiaraluce, Christophe Voisin, Giovanna Cultrera, Aladino Govoni, et al.. Rapid response seismic networks in Europe: lessons learnt from the L'Aquila earthquake emergency. Annals of Geophysics, 2011, 54 (4), pp.392-399. ⟨10.4401/ag-4953⟩. ⟨insu-00681261⟩