A functional tool to explore the reliability of micro-earthquake focal mechanism solutions for seismotectonic purposes

Adinolfi, Guido Maria; De Matteis, Raffaella; de Nardis, Rita; Zollo, Aldo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-65-2022

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A functional tool to explore the reliability of micro-earthquake focal mechanism solutions for seismotectonic purposes

Guido Maria Adinolfi, Raffaella De Matteis, Rita de Nardis, and Aldo Zollo

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-65-2022-supplement

Data sets

Development and testing of an advanced monitoring infrastructure (ISNet) for seismic early warning applications in the Campania region of southern Italy E. Weber, G. Iannaccone, A. Zollo, A. Bobbio, L. Cantore, M. Corciulo, V. Convertito, M. Di Crosta, L. Elia, A. Emolo, C. Martino, A. Romeo, and C. Satriano http://isnet-bulletin.fisica.unina.it/cgi-bin/isnet-events/isnet.cgi

Short summary

We propose a methodology useful to evaluate (1) the reliability of a focal mechanism solution inferred by the inversion of seismological data and (2) the performance of a seismic network, operated to monitor natural or induced seismicity, to assess focal mechanism solutions. As a test case, we studied the focal mechanism reliability by using synthetic data computed for ISNet, a local seismic network monitoring the Irpinia fault system (southern Italy).