Cataloguing earthquake environmental effects in Italy : Analyses of some strong earthquakes

Cataloguing earthquake environmental effects in Italy : Analyses of some strong earthquake

ArMedEa project: archaeology of medieval earthquakes in Europe (1000-1550 AD). First research activities

This paper introduces the research of the Armedea project. Armedea (Archaeology of medieval earthquakes in Europe, 1000-1550 AD) is a medieval archaeology project undertaken at the Department of Archaeology of Durham University which analyses archaeological evidence related to late medieval seismic-affected contexts at a European scale. This project is therefore focused on both earthquake effects on archaeological sites, their standing buildings and environment, and the archaeological evidence that reveals the response of medieval societies in terms of risk reduction, protection and resilience. A first preview of GIS analysis of seismic activity impact on medieval societies and fieldwork activities carried out in Italy, Cyprus and Azores (Portugal) is presented here. This research is supported by a Marie Curie Intra European Fellowship within the 7th European Community Framework Programme

Neotettonica

Note Illustrative della Carta Geologica d\u2019Italia alla scala 1:50.000, Foglio 368 "Avezzano" Coordinatori E. Centamore, U. Crescenti, F. Dramis, Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Roma, 92-95, S.EL.CA Firenza 2006

Quaternary earthquakes: Geology and palaeoseismology for seismic hazard assessment

4siopenopenBlumetti, A.M.; Grützner, C.; Guerrieri, L.; Livio, F.Blumetti, A. M.; Grützner, C.; Guerrieri, Luca; Livio, Fran

CATALOGUING EARTHQUAKE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS: A TOOL FOR THE COMPARISON OF RECENT, HISTORICAL AND PALEO EARTHQUAKES

A global catalogue of earthquake environmental effects is under construction in the frame of the activities within the 0811 INQUA project. Data collection and implementation is based on volunteer contribution by participants to the project. Based on the applications of the ESI 2007 intensity scale, the catalogue will allow an objective comparison among earthquakes over a geological time-window: in fact, the list of earthquakes will comprehend recent, historical and also paleoearthquakes. Environmental effects induced by five strong earthquakes occurred in the last four centuries in Southern Apennines (Italy) and recorded in historical sources have been reviewed and catalogued in a standard way in order to illustrate the added value provided by this approach for seismic hazard assessment and the relevant role played by the historical sources for the characterization of earthquake environmental effects in Italy