Modeling ground deformation associated with the destructive earthquakes occurring on Mt. Etna's southeastern flank in 1984

Cannavò, Flavio; Gambino, Salvatore; Puglisi, Biagio; Velardita, Rosanna

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2443-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2443-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2443-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 11

Research article

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28 Nov 2016

Research article |

| 28 Nov 2016

Modeling ground deformation associated with the destructive earthquakes occurring on Mt. Etna's southeastern flank in 1984

Flavio Cannavò, Salvatore Gambino, Biagio Puglisi, and Rosanna Velardita

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Seismo-volcanic hazard', Maurizio Bonafede, 10 Feb 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to Reviewer comments', Salvatore Gambino, 01 Apr 2016
RC2: 'Earthquakes occurring on Mt. Etna’s southeastern flank in 1984', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Feb 2016
- AC3: 'Reply to Reviewer 2 comments', Salvatore Gambino, 01 Apr 2016

Short summary

In 1984, several seismic events, caused one fatality, 12 injuries and produced serious damage in eastern flank of Mt. Etna. We inverted ground deformation (EDM) data finding that in 1980–84 period, the Fiandaca Fault was affected by a strike slip and normal dip slip of ca. 20.4 and 12.7 cm. This is consistent with field observations (ground ruptures) but it it is notably large compared to displacements estimated by seismicity, then suggesting that most of most of the slip was aseismic.