2024-05-21 11:15:10
(ANSA) – CATANIA, MAY 21 – The information on the deformation of the fault that triggered the 1908 Messina earthquake has been confirmed by the satellites of the European Copernicus program and that are of essential significance for the right design of any buildings within the Strait of Messina, such because the bridge. “The fault totally confirms with the deformation knowledge”, observes Giovanni Barreca, from the division of Geological and Environmental Sciences of the College of Catania and writer of the analysis which in 2021 introduced the primary calculations on the deformation of the fault within the journal Earth-Science Evaluations.
The brand new knowledge ought to “be of appreciable significance in relation to the design of future infrastructures within the space as – observes Barreca – the placement on the map, the tectonic exercise charges and the size of the fault symbolize the basic parts for estimating seismic actions of the design, such because the horizontal acceleration anticipated on the website in dynamic circumstances”. In essence, knowledge regarding the motion of the fault, its dimensions and its acceleration are important for the design of buildings.
Information from the Copernicus program, managed by the European House Company and the European Fee, affirm that the fault is positioned within the Calabrian hinterland of the tectonic fault, referred to as W-Fault, and have recorded the horizontal and vertical actions of the bottom due to radar artificial opening.
Particularly, it emerges that the world of Calabria between Cannitello, Villa S. Giovanni and Campo Calabro is rising, whereas that south of the Catona stream (Gallico, Catona) is falling at a charge of over 1.5 millimeters per yr . (HANDLE).
2024-05-21 11:15:10