Local site amplification maps for the volcanic area of Trecastagni, south-eastern Sicily (Italy)

A Cavallaro, A Fiamingo, S Grasso… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2024 - Springer
On 26th December 2018, an earthquake (Mw= 4.9) hits the eastern flank of the Etna volcano
(Italy). It was the strongest seismic event among seventy with Mw> 2.5 occurring from 23rd …

Site response analyses for complex geological and morphological conditions: relevant case-histories from 3rd level seismic microzonation in Central Italy

A Pagliaroli, F Pergalani, A Ciancimino… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2020 - Springer
The paper presents the results of 5 case studies on complex site effects selected within the
project for the level 3 seismic microzonation of several municipalities of Central Italy …

Geological and geotechnical models definition for 3rd level seismic microzonation studies in Central Italy

M Amanti, C Muraro, M Roma, V Chiessi… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2020 - Springer
The 2016–2017 seismic events that struck central Italy led the Government to carry out a
project to produce the third level Seismic Microzonation studies in 138 municipalities. These …

Guidelines for minimization of uncertainties and estimation of a reliable shear wave velocity profile using MASW testing: a state-of-the-art review

RS Jakka, A Desai, S Foti - Advances in Earthquake Geotechnics, 2022 - Springer
Resilience against earthquakes has become important in the current scenario, when
numerous events of seismic shaking keep on occurring, especially in regions of high …

Dynamic characterization of fine-grained soils in Central Italy by laboratory testing

A Ciancimino, G Lanzo, GA Alleanza… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2020 - Springer
The investigation of soil response to dynamic loads is necessary to predict site-specific
seismic hazard. This paper presents the results of cyclic and dynamic laboratory tests …

Seismic microzoning map: approaches, results and applications after the 2016–2017 Central Italy seismic sequence

F Pergalani, A Pagliaroli, C Bourdeau… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Seismic Microzonation of level 3 (SM3) is nowadays a world-wide accepted
tool for the mitigation of seismic risk. The SM3 is a complex process involving different …

Constraints for the Vs profiles from engineering-geological qualitative characterization of shallow subsoil in seismic microzonation studies

G Romagnoli, E Tarquini, A Porchia, S Catalano… - Soil Dynamics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
A statistical analysis has been performed aiming at determining to what extent a qualitative
engineering-geological characterization of subsoil may provide constraints to the shear …

Quantification of site effects in the Amatrice area (Central Italy): Insights from ground-motion recordings of the 2016–2017 seismic sequence

C Felicetta, C Mascandola, D Spallarossa… - Soil Dynamics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work focuses on site response analyses in the Amatrice area (Central Italy), taking
advantage of the 3A temporary seismic network, installed after the first shock (MW 6.0) of the …

Seismic microzonation of Sarpol-e-zahab after Mw 7.3 2017 Iran earthquake: 1D-equivalent linear approach

I Ashayeri, MA Memari, E Haghshenas - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2021 - Springer
The impacts of Iran's recent and destructive earthquake of Mw 7.3 November 12 2017, and
its important subsequent events are investigated at Sarpol-e-zahab by means of 1D …

Guest editorial: seismic microzonation of Central Italy following the 2016–2017 seismic sequence

S Hailemikael, S Amoroso, I Gaudiosi - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2020 - Springer
The August 24th 2016 Mw 6.0 Amatrice earthquake struck Central Italy (http://cnt. rm. ingv.
it/event/70736 41; Chiaraluce et al. 2017), causing 298 casualties, hundreds of injured and …