Eliana Esposito

• Senior Researcher at Italian National Research Council

In the frame of activities of the RIESCA Project, funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, the Seismology Working Group (SWG) agreed to build up a prototypal archive of macroseismic data points for the four Central America countries involved in the project, namely, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. The objective of t...

Environmental monitoring of highly anthropised areas demands for deep survey of different environmental compartments (water, sediment, soil and biota) and determination of numerous bio-geo-chemical parameters, due to the huge impact of natural and anthropogenic organic substances constantly released into these environments. However, the interpretat...

The 8th International Symposium "Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas. Problems and Measurements Techniques" was organized by CNR-IBE in collaboration with FCS Foundation, and Natural History Museum of the Mediterranean and under the patronage of University of Florence, Accademia dei Geogofili, Tuscany Region and Livorno Province. It is the oc...

Capri Island is located in the southern sector of the Bay of Naples at the eastern margin of the Tyrrhenian basin off Campania, southern Italy. A seabed area of the northern submerged flank of the island covering B13 km2 was mapped and sampled to characterize geomorphic features and benthic habitats at high resolution (1:5.000 scale). The investiga...

Google map of RIESCA MARCA-GEHN v0.1 available here https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1trll5bHYseYn7f0gZlDOXXy8RKYlSHBs&usp=sharing

The seismic activity registered in the metropolitan areas of San Salvador (El Salvador), April 2017, with M 5.1, and Managua (Nicaragua), March-April 2014, with M 5.1-6.6, lies along two main NW-SE structural elements, affecting the Central America Volcanic Arc: the El Salvador Fault Zone, a segmented strike-slip fault zone with a dominant E–W-tren...

The ongoing study describes the geological-geomorphological environments affected by 2001 El Salvador earthquakes.It defines the earthquake intensity by taking into consideration the occurrence, size and areal distribution of earthquake environmental effects. Indeed, this study can significantly improve the evaluation of seismic intensity, which st...

Large landslides induced by February 13 El Salvador earthquake, were markedly distributed in the region of maximum seismic intensity, in a narrow belt along the surface rupture zone. Comprehensive analysis reveals that these large catastrophic landslides could be specifically tied to the main seismotectonic structure of the El Salvador fault zone,...

Space time animation of earthquakes occurred in Central Americas from October 1, 2016 till September 30, 2017. Data provided by GFZ http://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/eqinfo/list.php

The recent seismic activity registered in the metropolitan areas of San Salvador (El Salvador) and Managua (Nicaragua) was analyzed to assess the seismic hazard and related risk scenarios. The affected areas lie along two main structural elements: the El Salvador Fault Zone (ESFZ), a segmented strike-slip fault zone with a E–W-trend, and the Nicara...

This paper deals with the analysis of the numerous environmental effects caused by the two devastating earthquakes that struck El Salvador (Central America) on January and February 2001.

The main objective of this paper was to introduce the Environmental Seismic Intensity scale (ESI), a new scale developed and tested by an interdisciplinary group of scientists (geologists, geophysicists and seismologists) in the frame of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) activities, to the widest community of earth scientists...

In this paper we use a multi-hazard approach to analyse the 9 September 2010 flash flood in the Dragone basin, a 9 km2 catchment located along the Amalfi rocky coastal range, southern Italy. In this area, alluvial fan flooding has been the most frequent and destructive geologic hazard since Roman times. Sudden torrents of water (flash floods) are c...

In this paper we use a multi-hazard approach to analyse the 9 September 2010 flash flood in the Dragone basin, a 9 km2 catchment located along the Amalfi rocky coastal range, southern Italy. In this area, alluvial fan flooding has been the most frequent and destructive geologic hazard since Roman times. Sudden torrents of water (flash floods) are c...

A major hydrogeological problem affecting the Amalfi coast (Southern Italy) involves sloperelatedprocesses mainly due to flash floods typically characterized by landslides of debris flow type. These processes are generated on slopes and interact heavily with river dynamics, mobilizing huge quantities of material which are then carried by the water...

In this paper we use a multi-hazard approach to analyse the 9 September 2010 flash-flood occurred in the Dragone basin, a 9 km2 catchment located along the Amalfi rocky coastal range, Southern Italy. In this area, alluvial-fan-flooding is the most frequent and destructive geologic hazards since Roman time. Sudden torrent of waters (flash flood) are...

In the last twenty years, the interest of scientific community towards Earthquake Environmental Effects (EEEs) has progressively increased especially in the frame of INQUA - International Union for Quaternary Research. In 2007 the ESI 2007 (Environmental Seismic Intensity scale) was published, a new intensity scale based only on EEEs resulting by a...

Il volume (pubblicato in forma cartacea, e con contenuti più estesi in DVD) costituisce la sintesi delle attività accademiche e tecnico-scientifiche compiute nell' ambito del progetto di "Red Interuniversitaria en Análisis y Evaluación de la Peligrosidad Natural en Centro América". È suddiviso in capitoli riguardanti in generale: -uno schema del pr...

Si trattano argomento relativi alle prevenzione dei rischi naturali, attraverso analisi puntuali del territorio e applicazione di metodologie scientifiche.

Guatemala is one of the most seismically active countries of Central America. It has suffered several dramatic earthquakes during the last century, the most destructive of which was the event associated with the Motagua fault, occurred on 4, February 1976, that caused 23,000 deaths, and 77,200 injuries. Noteworthy were also the coseismic geological...

http://www.isprambiente.gov.it/it/pubblicazioni/periodici-tecnici/memorie-descrittive-della-carta-geologica-ditalia/earthquake-environmental-effect-for-seismic-hazard-assessment-the-esi-intensity-scale-and-the-eee-catalogue In the last twenty years, the interest of scientific community towards Earthquake Environmental Effects (EEEs) has progressive...

A NW-SE oriented seismic sequence with 5.1-6.6 M L , and NW-SE compressional to alternatively NW-SE right-lateral or NE-SW left-lateral strike-slip focal mechanisms, affected from March 28 to April 14, 2014 the region of Lake Managua (W Nicaragua, Central America), in the volcanic cordillera between Momotombo and Apoyeque. The provisional hypocentr...

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014EGUGA..16.6525P

The traditional approach for seismic intensity assessment based mostly on effects on humans and manmade structures often results poorly constrained, especially in the epicentral area of strong-to-large earthquakes (intensity degree >IX) when damage to structures may be frequently afflicted by saturation, and in sparsely populated areas. The applica...

RIASSUNTO Effetti di un incendio boschivo su rocce e suoli nei Monti di Sarno, Campania, Appennino Meridionale. Questo studio analizza i fenomeni di degradazione connessi ad un violento incendio boschivo che, il 4 agosto 2012, ha interessato un'area del versante meridionale dei Monti di Sarno. La descrizione degli stessi è stata possibile grazie ad...

A reconstruction of historical floods occurred along the Amalfi coast, during the last five 7 centuries is presented. The analysis of historical sources allowed to achieve a chronological 8 reconstruction of more than 100 floods, four of which classified as catastrophic events. In this 9 task, the level of information was decisive to carry out spac...

Evidence of active tectonic shortening in the Lake Garda area (Northern Italy) has been very well described in the geological literature for at least 40 years, mainly due to the extensive research conducted during the siting of nuclear power plants in Lombardia in the 80's. This area includes in fact the causative faults for some of the largest sei...

Il territorio di Cava de' Tirreni è interessato da frequenti eventi di pioggia di notevole intensità, che nel corso dei secoli hanno determinato alluvioni con pesanti effetti sui versanti montuosi e lungo la rete idrografica, arrecando gravi danni alle infrastrutture e perdita di vite umane. La specificità geomorfologica e microclimatica locale si...

I sistemi costieri sono aree di notevole interesse turistico e ambientale la cui gestione richiede competenze diversificate per lo sviluppo di strategie sostenibili in grado di coniugare attività antropiche e tutela delle risorse naturali. L’evoluzione delle coste è regolata sia da processi oceanografici sia terrestri, che agiscono su una fascia di...

Rete Natura 2000 Basilicata è costituita da 50 Siti di Importanza Comunitaria (SIC) e 17 Zone di Protezione Speciale (ZPS) che complessivamente interessano il 17% della superficie regionale. I SIC e le ZPS lucani, parzialmente sovrapposti ad altre forme di tutela del territorio, rappresentano un rilevante patrimonio ambientale, agricolo e culturale...

Introduction and seismotectonic framework. We performed a study of the ESI2007 intensityWe performed a study of the ESI2007 intensity distribution in the epicentral area of the May-June 2012 seismic sequence in the Po Plain. The widespread occurrence of coseismic environmental effects, in particular related to liquefaction and lateral spreading, al...

In the last century the Amalfi Coast was affected by numerous severe floods in conjunction with exceptional rainfall that caused major damage in terms of lost lives and economic cost. Historical documentary sources are an important source of infor-mation for reconstructing exceptional flood events occurring prior to the instrumental era. Historical...

Earthquake Environmental Effects (EEE) are the effects produced by an earthquake on the natural environment, either directly linked to the earthquake source or triggered by the ground shaking. These include surface faulting, regional uplift and subsidence, tsunamis, liquefaction, ground resonance, landslides, and ground failure phenomena. The EEE c...

This paper documents evidence of surface faulting associated with the 6 April 2009 moderate-sized earthquake (M L 5.8, M w 6.3) in the central Apennines of Italy, which caused major damage to the town of L'Aquila and its surroundings. Coseismic surface ruptures were mapped for a minimum distance of 2.6 km along the Paganica fault, a fault still poo...

The 23 July 1930 earthquake (MS=6.7) in the Southern Apennines (Italy) was a catastrophic event that produced many effects such as surface faulting, fractures, landslides, settlements, hydrological changes, variations in chemical/ physical activity related to the volcanic and/or thermal zones and also acoustic and optical phenomena. It is the first...

The Messina Strait, between Calabria and Sicily's Coast, is one of the most seis-mically active areas of the Southern Italy. Since 1783, there have been 7 earthquakes with M ranging between 6.0 and 7.2 .They have produced wide damages and induced numerous and spectacular coseismic environmental effects (primary and secondary effects) overall along...

Analysis of distribution of landslides (rock falls and coherent slides), induced by 12 moderate to strong earthquakes occurred in the last three centuries in Central–Southern Apennines, has permitted to investigate the relationship of their maximum distance versus magnitude and ESI epicentral intensity. For coherent slides, the correlation of magni...

The Campi Flegrei is an active volcanic district that develops along the Tyrrhenian coast of SW Italy. The area has been active at least since the last 60 ka BP and is structurally dominated by a caldera, 6 km in diameter, associated with the eruption of the Neapolitan Yellow Tuff (NYT), a large ignimbrite unit dated at ca 15 ka BP that covers the...

A stratigraphic study of marine gravity cores, complemented by high-resolution seismic profiles acquired off the Amalfi coast, a rocky coastal area on the southern flank of the Sorrento peninsula (Italy), documents the facies associations and the internal stratigraphic architecture of a series of small fan-deltas that develop at the mouth of major...

The Campi Flegrei coastal area includes the bay of Pozzuoli, Procida and Ischia islands, characterized by active tectonics and volcanism since the Pleistocene. Numerous monogenic volcanoes occur close to the shoreline and volcanic debris interpreted as submarine counterpart of subaerial flows and surges, have been detected offshore. In the Pozzuoli...

The Italian Catalogue of Earthquake Environmental Effects

Sudden emplacement of large amount of pyroclastic material from explosive eruptions represents a significant interference with the geomorphic system, both for inland and coastal areas. Large volcanocalstic activity can induce sediment overburden and consequent return to the equilibrium profile by means of land degradation and erosional processes. V...

The interpretation of very high resolution seismic profiles and gravity core data acquired on the continental shelf of the Amalfi coast (Northern Salerno Bay) documents the stratigraphic architecture of a series of small fan-deltas that develop at the mouth of major bedrock streams. The fan-delta system mostly postdates the Plinian eruption of the...

The Amalfi coast is a segment of the southern slope of the Sorrento Peninsula, a narrow and elevated mountain range (up to 1444 m) along the SW coastal zone of Italy. The Peninsula is deeply cut by a complex of bedrock rivers and channels characterized by relatively high energy of the relief, small catchment areas and pronounced disequilibrium of t...

subaerial volume of about 5·106 m3. This landslide produced a tsunami wave responsible for more than 1500 human life losses near Marina Grande beach. A geomechanical characterization of both the intact rock and the rock mass outcropping in the landslide slope was performed in order to obtain an engineering-geology model of the landslide according t...

Terrestrial laser scanner (lidar) systems have the capability to very accurately build 3D topographic models and detect millimetric-scale changes caused by tectonic movements. We have measured post-seismic deformation at 5 locations along the 6th April L’Aquila earthquake surface rupture. Our first survey was undertaken 8 days after the earthquake,...

The September–October 1997 seismic sequence in the Umbria–Marche regions of Central Italy has been one of the best studied from the seismological, macroseismic and geological point of view.Numerous papers have been published in the period immediately after the seismic sequence, providing a significant database of effects triggered by the earthquake...

Referenti: Eliana Esposito, Ricercatore (Monitoraggio faglie attive) Sabina Porfido, Ricercatore (Valutazione effetti sismoindotti mediante l' ESI scale 2007) Crescenzo Violante, Tecnologo (Rilievi di dettaglio-batimetria Lago Sinizzo) SINTESI DELL'ATTIVITÀ SVOLTA : STUDIO DEGLI EFFETTI SISMOINDOTTI L'unità operativa dell' IAMC ha effettuato il ril...

Abstract: Documentary source materials are essential for retrospective reconstruction of flood events occurring in past centuries. This paper presents methods of research and archiving of historical data from the 16th century to the present. The quality and completeness of the various original sources were evaluated and carefully analysed in their...

A high-resolution (IKB-Seistec) seismic survey calibrated with gravity-core data, off the Amalfi coast, a rocky coastal area on the southern side of the Sorrento Peninsula (Italy), documents the internal stratigraphic architecture of a series of small fan-deltas that develop at the mouth of major bedrock streams. The fan-delta system mostly postdat...

The 23 July 1930 earthquake ( M_S =6.7) in the Southern Apennines (Italy) was a catastrophic event that produced many effects such as surface faulting, fractures, landslides, settlements, hydrological changes, variations in chemical/physical activity related to the volcanic and/or thermal zones and also acoustic and optical phenomena. It...

The Campi Flegrei is an active volcanic district located west of the city of Naples, largely on the continental shelf of the Eastern Tyrrhenian margin, that has been characterized by dominantly explosive eruptions during the latest Quaternary. This is one of the highest volcanic risk-prone areas of the world and likely the only example in the histo...

The Campi Flegrei (i.e. "burning plains") are located on the eastern Tyrrhenian margin, an area characterized by active tectonics and volcanism since the Pleistocene. It is a densely urbanized coastal zone, including the bay of Pozzuoli, Procida and Ischia islands, where documented human activities have been developing for more than two thousand ye...

We present the preliminary results of the oceanographic cruise CAFE 07 - Leg 3, conducted in the Napoli and Pozzuoli Bays in January 2008, on board of the Research Vessel (R/V) URANIA of the CNR. The aim of the cruise was the acquisition of high resolution multi-channel seismic profiles to understand the stratigraphic-structural setting of the Pozz...

The 23 July 1930 earthquake (M S =6.7) in the Southern Apennines (Italy) was a catastrophic event that pro-duced many effects such as surface faulting, fractures, land-slides, settlements, hydrological changes, variations in chem-ical/physical activity related to the volcanic and/or thermal zones and also acoustic and optical phenomena. It is the f...

0039-081–5423888), (2) ISPRA-Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e Ricerca Ambientale-Rome, Italy, (3) Università degli Studi della Basilicata-Scienze Storiche Linguistiche ed Antropologiche,Potenza, Italy Calabria and Sicily's Coast, particularly in the Messina Strait, is one of the most seismically active areas of the Southern Italy. Since 1783,...

0039-081–5423888), (2) Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy, (3) Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Italy, (4) Archivio di Stato di Avellino, Italy Floods are among the most frequent and costly natural disasters in terms of human hardship and economic loss. Depending on topography, soil condition, ground cover, human settlements and other...

Mitigating the adverse impacts of extreme hydro-meteorological events such as floods requires a multi-hazard approach that integrates land and water resources development in a river basin. For this aim, geological data combined with historical and direct field investigations play a major role both for basin and flood analysis, especially in poorly...