By Eugenio Chioccarelli, Flavia De Luca, and Iunio Iervolino.
June 2012, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Structural Engineer Department.
On the 20th of May 2012, at 02:0.3:53 (UTC), (04:03:53 Italian time), Emilia region (Northern Italy) was struck by a Magnitude, ML 5.9 (INGV), Mw 6.0 (USGS) earthquake, (lat 44.89, long 11.23, depth 6.3 km). The mainshock was preceded by a 4.1 event on the 19th of May and followed by relevant aftershocks. (Report 1, Dolce et al, 2012) The seismic sequence covered a large area between the provinces of Modena, Ferrara, Rovigo and Mantova. The number of daily earthquakes registered between the 16th of May and the 1st of June is shown in Figure 1.
Read the Report: Preliminary study of Emilia (May 20th 2012) earthquake ground motion records V1.0 (2.5 MB PDF)
