Location
2011/07/12 06:53:22 43.920 11.861 7.8 4.0 Italy
Arrival Times (from USGS)
Arrival time list
Felt Map
USGS Felt map for this earthquake
USGS Felt reports page for
Focal Mechanism
USGS/SLU Moment Tensor Solution
ENS 2011/07/12 06:53:22:0 43.92 11.86 7.8 4.0 Italy
Stations used:
GU.MAIM GU.POPM IV.ARCI IV.ASQU IV.ATPC IV.ATTE IV.ATVO
IV.BDI IV.CAFI IV.CASP IV.CESI IV.CESX IV.CING IV.CRMI
IV.CSNT IV.FDMO IV.FNVD IV.FROS IV.FSSB IV.GROG IV.LNSS
IV.MCIV IV.MGAB IV.MSSA IV.MTRZ IV.MURB IV.PARC IV.PESA
IV.SACS IV.SASS IV.SNTG IV.SSFR IV.TOLF MN.AQU
Filtering commands used:
hp c 0.02 n 3
lp c 0.10 n 3
Best Fitting Double Couple
Mo = 1.17e+22 dyne-cm
Mw = 3.98
Z = 2 km
Plane Strike Dip Rake
NP1 288 61 -96
NP2 120 30 -80
Principal Axes:
Axis Value Plunge Azimuth
T 1.17e+22 15 23
N 0.00e+00 5 291
P -1.17e+22 74 184
Moment Tensor: (dyne-cm)
Component Value
Mxx 8.40e+21
Mxy 3.83e+21
Mxz 5.89e+21
Myy 1.62e+21
Myz 1.36e+21
Mzz -1.00e+22
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Global CMT Convention Moment Tensor:
R T P
-1.00e+22 5.89e+21 -1.36e+21
5.89e+21 8.40e+21 -3.83e+21
-1.36e+21 -3.83e+21 1.62e+21
Details of the solution is found at
http://www.eas.slu.edu/eqc/eqc_mt/MECH.IT/20110712065322/index.html
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Preferred Solution
The preferred solution from an analysis of the surface-wave spectral amplitude radiation pattern, waveform inversion and first motion observations is
STK = 120
DIP = 30
RAKE = -80
MW = 3.98
HS = 2.0
The waveform inversion is preferred.
Moment Tensor Comparison
The following compares this source inversion to others
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USGS/SLU Moment Tensor Solution
ENS 2011/07/12 06:53:22:0 43.92 11.86 7.8 4.0 Italy
Stations used:
GU.MAIM GU.POPM IV.ARCI IV.ASQU IV.ATPC IV.ATTE IV.ATVO
IV.BDI IV.CAFI IV.CASP IV.CESI IV.CESX IV.CING IV.CRMI
IV.CSNT IV.FDMO IV.FNVD IV.FROS IV.FSSB IV.GROG IV.LNSS
IV.MCIV IV.MGAB IV.MSSA IV.MTRZ IV.MURB IV.PARC IV.PESA
IV.SACS IV.SASS IV.SNTG IV.SSFR IV.TOLF MN.AQU
Filtering commands used:
hp c 0.02 n 3
lp c 0.10 n 3
Best Fitting Double Couple
Mo = 1.17e+22 dyne-cm
Mw = 3.98
Z = 2 km
Plane Strike Dip Rake
NP1 288 61 -96
NP2 120 30 -80
Principal Axes:
Axis Value Plunge Azimuth
T 1.17e+22 15 23
N 0.00e+00 5 291
P -1.17e+22 74 184
Moment Tensor: (dyne-cm)
Component Value
Mxx 8.40e+21
Mxy 3.83e+21
Mxz 5.89e+21
Myy 1.62e+21
Myz 1.36e+21
Mzz -1.00e+22
##############
################ ###
################### T ######
#################### #######
##################################
####################################
-###-------------#####################
#-----------------------################
##--------------------------############
###-----------------------------##########
###--------------------------------#######
####---------------------------------#####
####--------------- ----------------####
####-------------- P ------------------#
######------------ -------------------
######--------------------------------
#######-----------------------------
#########------------------------#
##########------------------##
################----########
######################
##############
Global CMT Convention Moment Tensor:
R T P
-1.00e+22 5.89e+21 -1.36e+21
5.89e+21 8.40e+21 -3.83e+21
-1.36e+21 -3.83e+21 1.62e+21
Details of the solution is found at
http://www.eas.slu.edu/eqc/eqc_mt/MECH.IT/20110712065322/index.html
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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.
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Location of broadband stations used for waveform inversion
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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 3
The results of this grid search from 0.5 to 19 km depth are as follow:
DEPTH STK DIP RAKE MW FIT
WVFGRD96 1.0 120 30 -80 3.91 0.4736
WVFGRD96 2.0 120 30 -80 3.98 0.5279
WVFGRD96 3.0 115 30 -90 3.99 0.5201
WVFGRD96 4.0 115 35 -85 3.99 0.4811
WVFGRD96 5.0 115 35 -85 4.06 0.4960
WVFGRD96 6.0 160 65 10 3.96 0.4641
WVFGRD96 7.0 165 65 25 3.98 0.4590
WVFGRD96 8.0 160 70 20 3.98 0.4611
WVFGRD96 9.0 160 70 20 3.99 0.4568
WVFGRD96 10.0 165 70 20 4.00 0.4501
WVFGRD96 11.0 160 70 20 4.01 0.4434
WVFGRD96 12.0 165 65 20 4.03 0.4355
WVFGRD96 13.0 165 65 20 4.04 0.4266
WVFGRD96 14.0 165 65 25 4.05 0.4185
WVFGRD96 15.0 165 65 25 4.07 0.4049
WVFGRD96 16.0 165 65 25 4.08 0.3928
WVFGRD96 17.0 165 65 30 4.09 0.3811
WVFGRD96 18.0 165 65 30 4.10 0.3692
WVFGRD96 19.0 270 30 60 4.13 0.3631
WVFGRD96 20.0 270 35 60 4.14 0.3652
WVFGRD96 21.0 270 35 60 4.15 0.3675
WVFGRD96 22.0 265 40 55 4.16 0.3676
WVFGRD96 23.0 270 40 60 4.17 0.3679
WVFGRD96 24.0 270 40 60 4.18 0.3659
WVFGRD96 25.0 265 45 55 4.19 0.3606
WVFGRD96 26.0 265 45 55 4.20 0.3540
WVFGRD96 27.0 265 50 50 4.21 0.3466
WVFGRD96 28.0 265 50 50 4.22 0.3384
WVFGRD96 29.0 265 50 50 4.23 0.3297
The best solution is
WVFGRD96 2.0 120 30 -80 3.98 0.5279
The mechanism correspond to the best fit is
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Figure 1. Waveform inversion focal mechanism
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The best fit as a function of depth is given in the following figure:
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Figure 2. Depth sensitivity for waveform mechanism
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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. A pair of numbers is given in black at the right of each predicted traces. The upper number 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 lower number gives the percentage of variance reduction to characterize the individual goodness of fit (100% indicates a perfect fit).
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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Figure 3. Waveform comparison for selected depth
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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.
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A check on the assumed source location is possible by looking at the time shifts between the observed and predicted traces. The time shifts for waveform matching arise for several reasons:
- The origin time and epicentral distance are incorrect
- The velocity model used for the inversion is incorrect
- The velocity model used to define the P-arrival time is not the
same as the velocity model used for the waveform inversion
(assuming that the initial trace alignment is based on the
P arrival time)
Assuming only a mislocation, the time shifts are fit to a functional form:
Time_shift = A + B cos Azimuth + C Sin Azimuth
The time shifts for this inversion lead to the next figure:
The derived shift in origin time and epicentral coordinates are given at the bottom of 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 Jul 13 09:17:23 CDT 2011
Last Changed 2011/07/12