Location

2009/04/10 19:07:21 42.375 13.393 9.5 3.10 Italy

Arrival Times (from USGS)

Arrival time list

Felt Map

USGS Felt map for this earthquake

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Focal Mechanism

 USGS/SLU Moment Tensor Solution
 ENS  2009/04/10 19:07:21:0  42.38   13.39   9.5 3.1 Italy
 
 Stations used:
   IV.CAFR IV.CERT IV.CESX IV.FAGN IV.FDMO IV.FIAM IV.GUAR 
   IV.INTR IV.LATE IV.LPEL IV.MNS IV.MODR IV.MTCE IV.OFFI 
   IV.PTRJ IV.RDP IV.RMP IV.SGG IV.TERO 
 
 Filtering commands used:
   hp c 0.02 n 3
   lp c 0.10 n 3
 
 Best Fitting Double Couple
  Mo = 6.46e+20 dyne-cm
  Mw = 3.14 
  Z  = 2 km
  Plane   Strike  Dip  Rake
   NP1      323    51   -82
   NP2      130    40   -100
  Principal Axes:
   Axis    Value   Plunge  Azimuth
    T   6.46e+20      5      47
    N   0.00e+00      6     138
    P  -6.46e+20     82     277

 Moment Tensor: (dyne-cm)
    Component   Value
       Mxx     2.96e+20
       Mxy     3.21e+20
       Mxz     2.94e+19
       Myy     3.30e+20
       Myz     1.37e+20
       Mzz    -6.26e+20
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                     ##############                  
                 ######################              
              ---------##################            
             --------------############## T          
           #------------------###########   #        
          #---------------------##############       
         ##-----------------------#############      
        ###------------------------#############     
        ####-------------------------###########     
       #####-----------   ------------###########    
       ######---------- P -------------##########    
       ######----------   --------------#########    
       #######--------------------------#########    
        ########-------------------------#######     
        #########------------------------#######     
         ##########-----------------------#####      
          ###########---------------------####       
           #############------------------###        
             ##############--------------##          
              ###########################-           
                 ######################              
                     ##############                  
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
 Global CMT Convention Moment Tensor:
      R          T          P
 -6.26e+20   2.94e+19  -1.37e+20 
  2.94e+19   2.96e+20  -3.21e+20 
 -1.37e+20  -3.21e+20   3.30e+20 


Details of the solution is found at

http://www.eas.slu.edu/eqc/eqc_mt/MECH.IT/20090410190721/index.html
        

Preferred Solution

The preferred solution from an analysis of the surface-wave spectral amplitude radiation pattern, waveform inversion and first motion observations is

      STK = 130
      DIP = 40
     RAKE = -100
       MW = 3.14
       HS = 2.0

The waveform inversion is preferred.

Moment Tensor Comparison

The following compares this source inversion to others
SLU
 USGS/SLU Moment Tensor Solution
 ENS  2009/04/10 19:07:21:0  42.38   13.39   9.5 3.1 Italy
 
 Stations used:
   IV.CAFR IV.CERT IV.CESX IV.FAGN IV.FDMO IV.FIAM IV.GUAR 
   IV.INTR IV.LATE IV.LPEL IV.MNS IV.MODR IV.MTCE IV.OFFI 
   IV.PTRJ IV.RDP IV.RMP IV.SGG IV.TERO 
 
 Filtering commands used:
   hp c 0.02 n 3
   lp c 0.10 n 3
 
 Best Fitting Double Couple
  Mo = 6.46e+20 dyne-cm
  Mw = 3.14 
  Z  = 2 km
  Plane   Strike  Dip  Rake
   NP1      323    51   -82
   NP2      130    40   -100
  Principal Axes:
   Axis    Value   Plunge  Azimuth
    T   6.46e+20      5      47
    N   0.00e+00      6     138
    P  -6.46e+20     82     277

 Moment Tensor: (dyne-cm)
    Component   Value
       Mxx     2.96e+20
       Mxy     3.21e+20
       Mxz     2.94e+19
       Myy     3.30e+20
       Myz     1.37e+20
       Mzz    -6.26e+20
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                     ##############                  
                 ######################              
              ---------##################            
             --------------############## T          
           #------------------###########   #        
          #---------------------##############       
         ##-----------------------#############      
        ###------------------------#############     
        ####-------------------------###########     
       #####-----------   ------------###########    
       ######---------- P -------------##########    
       ######----------   --------------#########    
       #######--------------------------#########    
        ########-------------------------#######     
        #########------------------------#######     
         ##########-----------------------#####      
          ###########---------------------####       
           #############------------------###        
             ##############--------------##          
              ###########################-           
                 ######################              
                     ##############                  
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
 Global CMT Convention Moment Tensor:
      R          T          P
 -6.26e+20   2.94e+19  -1.37e+20 
  2.94e+19   2.96e+20  -3.21e+20 
 -1.37e+20  -3.21e+20   3.30e+20 


Details of the solution is found at

http://www.eas.slu.edu/eqc/eqc_mt/MECH.IT/20090410190721/index.html
	

Waveform Inversion

The focal mechanism was determined using broadband seismic waveforms. The location of the event and the and stations used for the waveform inversion are shown in the next figure.
Location of broadband stations used for waveform inversion

The program wvfgrd96 was used with good traces observed at short distance to determine the focal mechanism, depth and seismic moment. This technique requires a high quality signal and well determined velocity model for the Green functions. To the extent that these are the quality data, this type of mechanism should be preferred over the radiation pattern technique which requires the separate step of defining the pressure and tension quadrants and the correct strike.

The observed and predicted traces are filtered using the following gsac commands:

hp c 0.02 n 3
lp c 0.10 n 3
The results of this grid search from 0.5 to 19 km depth are as follow:

           DEPTH  STK   DIP  RAKE   MW    FIT
WVFGRD96    0.5   325    55   -85   2.99 0.2676
WVFGRD96    1.0   325    50   -80   3.05 0.2993
WVFGRD96    2.0   130    40  -100   3.14 0.3181
WVFGRD96    3.0   155    45   -60   3.14 0.2618
WVFGRD96    4.0    25    35   -20   3.07 0.2119
WVFGRD96    5.0     5    25   -30   3.16 0.2258
WVFGRD96    6.0    15    30   -30   3.17 0.2386
WVFGRD96    7.0    20    30   -20   3.17 0.2467
WVFGRD96    8.0    25    35   -20   3.14 0.2510
WVFGRD96    9.0    20    35   -25   3.15 0.2528
WVFGRD96   10.0    20    35   -25   3.16 0.2534
WVFGRD96   11.0    20    35   -25   3.18 0.2524
WVFGRD96   12.0    20    35   -25   3.19 0.2505
WVFGRD96   13.0    15    35   -30   3.19 0.2483
WVFGRD96   14.0    15    35   -35   3.21 0.2451
WVFGRD96   15.0     5    30   -40   3.24 0.2420
WVFGRD96   16.0     5    30   -45   3.25 0.2384
WVFGRD96   17.0     0    30   -50   3.26 0.2352
WVFGRD96   18.0   355    30   -60   3.27 0.2324
WVFGRD96   19.0   355    30   -60   3.28 0.2310
WVFGRD96   20.0   345    30   -70   3.29 0.2302
WVFGRD96   21.0   320    30   -95   3.31 0.2320
WVFGRD96   22.0   150    60   -85   3.32 0.2353
WVFGRD96   23.0   150    60   -80   3.34 0.2377
WVFGRD96   24.0   150    55   -75   3.35 0.2397
WVFGRD96   25.0   150    55   -75   3.36 0.2403
WVFGRD96   26.0   155    55   -70   3.37 0.2383
WVFGRD96   27.0   155    55   -70   3.37 0.2342
WVFGRD96   28.0   150    50   -75   3.38 0.2300
WVFGRD96   29.0   150    50   -75   3.40 0.2271

The best solution is

WVFGRD96    2.0   130    40  -100   3.14 0.3181

The mechanism correspond to the best fit is
Figure 1. Waveform inversion focal mechanism

The best fit as a function of depth is given in the following figure:

Figure 2. Depth sensitivity for waveform mechanism

The comparison of the observed and predicted waveforms is given in the next figure. The red traces are the observed and the blue are the predicted. Each observed-predicted component is plotted to the same scale and peak amplitudes are indicated by the numbers to the left of each trace. The number in black at the rightr of each predicted traces it the time shift required for maximum correlation between the observed and predicted traces. This time shift is required because the synthetics are not computed at exactly the same distance as the observed and because the velocity model used in the predictions may not be perfect. A positive time shift indicates that the prediction is too fast and should be delayed to match the observed trace (shift to the right in this figure). A negative value indicates that the prediction is too slow. The bandpass filter used in the processing and for the display was

hp c 0.02 n 3
lp c 0.10 n 3
Figure 3. Waveform comparison for selected depth
Focal mechanism sensitivity at the preferred depth. The red color indicates a very good fit to thewavefroms. Each solution is plotted as a vector at a given value of strike and dip with the angle of the vector representing the rake angle, measured, with respect to the upward vertical (N) in the figure.

Discussion

Velocity Model

The nnCIA used for the waveform synthetic seismograms and for the surface wave eigenfunctions and dispersion is as follows:

MODEL.01
C.It. A. Di Luzio et al Earth Plan Lettrs 280 (2009) 1-12 Fig 5. 7-8 MODEL/SURF3
ISOTROPIC
KGS
FLAT EARTH
1-D
CONSTANT VELOCITY
LINE08
LINE09
LINE10
LINE11
      H(KM)   VP(KM/S)   VS(KM/S) RHO(GM/CC)         QP         QS       ETAP       ETAS      FREFP      FREFS
     1.5000     3.7497     2.1436     2.2753  0.500E-02  0.100E-01   0.00       0.00       1.00       1.00    
     3.0000     4.9399     2.8210     2.4858  0.500E-02  0.100E-01   0.00       0.00       1.00       1.00    
     3.0000     6.0129     3.4336     2.7058  0.500E-02  0.100E-01   0.00       0.00       1.00       1.00    
     7.0000     5.5516     3.1475     2.6093  0.167E-02  0.333E-02   0.00       0.00       1.00       1.00    
    15.0000     5.8805     3.3583     2.6770  0.167E-02  0.333E-02   0.00       0.00       1.00       1.00    
     6.0000     7.1059     4.0081     3.0002  0.167E-02  0.333E-02   0.00       0.00       1.00       1.00    
     8.0000     7.1000     3.9864     3.0120  0.167E-02  0.333E-02   0.00       0.00       1.00       1.00    
     0.0000     7.9000     4.4036     3.2760  0.167E-02  0.333E-02   0.00       0.00       1.00       1.00    

Quality Control

Here we tabulate the reasons for not using certain digital data sets

The following stations did not have a valid response files:

DATE=Wed Apr 29 12:01:35 CDT 2009

Last Changed 2009/04/10