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An updated area-source seismogenic model (MA4) for seismic hazard of Italy
Francesco Visini
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Sezione di Pisa, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Pisa,
Italy
Carlo Meletti
Sezione di Pisa, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Pisa,
Italy
Andrea Rovida
Sezione di Milano, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia,
Milan, Italy
Vera D'Amico
Sezione di Pisa, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Pisa,
Italy
Bruno Pace
Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Geologia, Università degli Studi Gabriele d'Annunzio Chieti–Pescara, Chieti, Italy
Silvia Pondrelli
Sezione di Bologna, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia,
Bologna, Italy
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As new data are collected, seismic hazard models can be updated and improved. In the framework of a project aimed to update the Italian seismic hazard model, we proposed a model based on the definition and parametrization of area sources. Using geological data, seismicity and other geophysical constraints, we delineated three-dimensional boundaries and activity rates of a seismotectonic zoning and explored the epistemic uncertainty by means of a logic-tree approach.
As new data are collected, seismic hazard models can be updated and improved. In the framework...
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