TY - JOUR
AU1 - Amato, Alessandro
AU2 - Cocco, Massimo
AB - Journal of Seismology 4: v, 2000. the fault geometry and the slip distribution of the The 1997 Umbria-Marche earthquakes, the strongest largest shocks. The Umbria-Marche earthquakes are events that occurred in Italy after the 1980, M 6.9 among the few seismic events of moderate magnitude Irpinia earthquake, had a strong social impact and and in urbanized countries for which DinSar data can stimulated a variety of original seismological studies. be used effectively. More controversial is the meaning Although none of the shocks exceeded magnitude 6, of the surface fractures observed in the field, for which the sequence of earthquakes which struck this section there is still an open debate among geologists. This of the Apennines for several months caused serious volume reports an extensive description of the geolo- problems to governmental agencies in handling the gical observations made after the largest shocks and emergency. Building inspections and damage surveys their tectonic interpretation. were conducted after each of the strongest events. It is important to observe that 2–3 years after the earthquake sequences many details of the fault geo- The repeated series of similar magnitude earthquakes caused several casualties and extensive damage, in- metry and of the rupture process are 
TI - Guest Editorial
JF - Journal of Seismology
DO - 10.1023/A:1026719327085
DA - 2004-10-15
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/guest-editorial-DAoVcb0dLD
SP - 5
EP - 6
VL - 4
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -