2009/05/03 05:14:43 42.365 13.390 10.1 3.20 Italy
USGS Felt map for this earthquake
USGS/SLU Moment Tensor Solution ENS 2009/05/03 05:14:43:0 42.37 13.39 10.1 3.2 Italy Stations used: IV.CAMP IV.CERT IV.CESI IV.FDMO IV.FIAM IV.GUMA IV.OFFI Filtering commands used: hp c 0.02 n 3 lp c 0.10 n 3 Best Fitting Double Couple Mo = 1.01e+21 dyne-cm Mw = 3.27 Z = 5 km Plane Strike Dip Rake NP1 141 57 -103 NP2 345 35 -70 Principal Axes: Axis Value Plunge Azimuth T 1.01e+21 11 241 N 0.00e+00 11 148 P -1.01e+21 74 15 Moment Tensor: (dyne-cm) Component Value Mxx 1.59e+20 Mxy 3.95e+20 Mxz -3.58e+20 Myy 7.34e+20 Myz -2.41e+20 Mzz -8.93e+20 -----######### --------------######## #------------------######### ##--------------------######## ####----------------------######## #####-----------------------######## ######------------------------######## #######------------- ---------######## ########------------ P ----------####### ##########----------- ----------######## ###########------------------------####### ############-----------------------####### #############----------------------####### #############---------------------###### ## ##########-------------------###### # T ###########-----------------###### #############---------------##### ##################-----------##### ###################-------#### #######################-#### ###################--- #############- Global CMT Convention Moment Tensor: R T P -8.93e+20 -3.58e+20 2.41e+20 -3.58e+20 1.59e+20 -3.95e+20 2.41e+20 -3.95e+20 7.34e+20 Details of the solution is found at http://www.eas.slu.edu/eqc/eqc_mt/MECH.IT/20090503051443/index.html |
STK = 345 DIP = 35 RAKE = -70 MW = 3.27 HS = 5.0
The waveform inversion is preferred.
The following compares this source inversion to others
USGS/SLU Moment Tensor Solution ENS 2009/05/03 05:14:43:0 42.37 13.39 10.1 3.2 Italy Stations used: IV.CAMP IV.CERT IV.CESI IV.FDMO IV.FIAM IV.GUMA IV.OFFI Filtering commands used: hp c 0.02 n 3 lp c 0.10 n 3 Best Fitting Double Couple Mo = 1.01e+21 dyne-cm Mw = 3.27 Z = 5 km Plane Strike Dip Rake NP1 141 57 -103 NP2 345 35 -70 Principal Axes: Axis Value Plunge Azimuth T 1.01e+21 11 241 N 0.00e+00 11 148 P -1.01e+21 74 15 Moment Tensor: (dyne-cm) Component Value Mxx 1.59e+20 Mxy 3.95e+20 Mxz -3.58e+20 Myy 7.34e+20 Myz -2.41e+20 Mzz -8.93e+20 -----######### --------------######## #------------------######### ##--------------------######## ####----------------------######## #####-----------------------######## ######------------------------######## #######------------- ---------######## ########------------ P ----------####### ##########----------- ----------######## ###########------------------------####### ############-----------------------####### #############----------------------####### #############---------------------###### ## ##########-------------------###### # T ###########-----------------###### #############---------------##### ##################-----------##### ###################-------#### #######################-#### ###################--- #############- Global CMT Convention Moment Tensor: R T P -8.93e+20 -3.58e+20 2.41e+20 -3.58e+20 1.59e+20 -3.95e+20 2.41e+20 -3.95e+20 7.34e+20 Details of the solution is found at http://www.eas.slu.edu/eqc/eqc_mt/MECH.IT/20090503051443/index.html |
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.
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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 3The results of this grid search from 0.5 to 19 km depth are as follow:
DEPTH STK DIP RAKE MW FIT WVFGRD96 0.5 355 55 -55 3.00 0.2938 WVFGRD96 1.0 355 55 -55 3.02 0.2909 WVFGRD96 2.0 0 35 -40 3.13 0.3347 WVFGRD96 3.0 355 40 -55 3.16 0.3762 WVFGRD96 4.0 350 40 -65 3.19 0.3864 WVFGRD96 5.0 345 35 -70 3.27 0.4128 WVFGRD96 6.0 355 40 -60 3.25 0.3924 WVFGRD96 7.0 5 50 -35 3.21 0.3703 WVFGRD96 8.0 10 60 -15 3.18 0.3508 WVFGRD96 9.0 10 65 -10 3.19 0.3424 WVFGRD96 10.0 10 65 -10 3.20 0.3337 WVFGRD96 11.0 15 60 -15 3.22 0.3260 WVFGRD96 12.0 15 60 -15 3.23 0.3175 WVFGRD96 13.0 15 65 -10 3.24 0.3082 WVFGRD96 14.0 15 65 -15 3.25 0.2985 WVFGRD96 15.0 10 60 -25 3.28 0.2945 WVFGRD96 16.0 10 60 -25 3.29 0.2866 WVFGRD96 17.0 10 60 -25 3.30 0.2791 WVFGRD96 18.0 10 60 -25 3.31 0.2731 WVFGRD96 19.0 20 60 0 3.30 0.2696 WVFGRD96 20.0 20 55 0 3.31 0.2665 WVFGRD96 21.0 125 45 40 3.36 0.2680 WVFGRD96 22.0 145 30 55 3.38 0.2691 WVFGRD96 23.0 135 30 50 3.38 0.2738 WVFGRD96 24.0 135 30 50 3.39 0.2773 WVFGRD96 25.0 130 30 45 3.41 0.2817 WVFGRD96 26.0 130 30 45 3.41 0.2851 WVFGRD96 27.0 125 30 40 3.42 0.2875 WVFGRD96 28.0 125 30 40 3.43 0.2865 WVFGRD96 29.0 125 30 40 3.43 0.2824
The best solution is
WVFGRD96 5.0 345 35 -70 3.27 0.4128
The mechanism correspond to the best fit is
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The best fit as a function of depth is given in the following figure:
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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
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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. |
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
Here we tabulate the reasons for not using certain digital data sets
The following stations did not have a valid response files:
DATE=Sun Aug 23 13:24:01 CDT 2009