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Subject: Re: J'accuse
From: Mauro Mariotti mariotti@.........
Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:06:32 +0200
Hi All,
since i am Italian and work on seismology field since 1997 when an
earthquake stroke my area (Umbria-Marche) with some causalties also, i
hope to provide clarification on what is going on.
It would be a very long story to report but i can't explain all in a
small email, if someone wants know more simply ask here.
First of all it should be taken in account that science world and
politics in Italy are very bounded to each other. So very often there
are discussion (if not literally legal litigation) among different
seismic networks for who have calculated properly this or that
earthquake magnitude. One say 4.1 the other 3.9 ... bla bla...
Earthquake in l'Aquila stroke 6 april 2009.
It has been a mainshock after months and months of increasing magnitude
in a very long sequence. Historical seismic records for that area
supposed a long sequence with expected magnitude up to 7.0
The area is very active and with very very complex faults systems.
What I can say is that Giampaolo Giuliani warned the population there
because not only he was knowing the seismological history of the place
(that include accurate records since 1500 a.c.).
Giuliani warned also because he has a small network of detectors that
are not exactly radon-detector but it is a more complex system not
completely disclosed but it regards a special measurement of radon in a
special lead-camera (not sealed of course) capable of trap only certain
istopes, (don't ask me more on this because i don't know the details).
This earthquake sequence has been monitored also by me and others of the
Italian Experimental Seismic Network that is the same as the PSN only is
in Italy.
It is well known that one of the most reliable earthquake precursors (if
i am correct it should be analyzed by a japanese named Takamori or
soemthing like it i don't remember, sorry); that is presente when a
sequence of small earthquake rise and rise in magnitude and frequency
during time until suddenly the sequence of events stops without have
decreased the magnitude. In this case from up to 72 hours you must
expect a "mainshock" of magnitude from 1 to 1.5 magnitude over the
higher magnitude observed in the foreshocks.
This is exactly what happened in l'aquila.
So this earthquake could be forecasted.
But almost nobody is complaining this specifically.
Almost every people in Abruzzo (L'Aquila's region) is complaing that the
evening of the 5th april the Civil Defense was going up and down on the
villages telling:
"Please go back home, inside home.
There is no concern, please leave the roads free, there is no alarm for
earthquakes."
This politic to keep people calm and not induce panic is common custom
and fashion since tenths of years in Italy.
The main question of the people now is:
IF THE EARTHQUAKE CANNOT BE FORECASTED WHAY CIVIL DEFENSE TOLD PEOPLE TO
GO INSIDE HOUSES EXPLAINING THAT NO EARTHQUAKE WILL HAPPENS?
If there is no way to forecast earthquake you cannot forecast if it will
happen NOR if it would NOT happen.
And now the people are upset because 300 causualties, among these many
young students in the university that called the families telling: do
not worry, the civil defense told us there is NO concern. So I remain
here because tomorrow i have exams etc. etc...
This is what happened in L'Aquila.
There is no arrogance among families.
Only upset against a corrupted and lobbiest scientific class of people.
Technical explaination:
The region surrounding l'Aquila is a very strange area sismologically
speaking, it is very active in seismic and also present a VERY STRONG
effect of site amplification.
I write a link of one interesting article wrote by a friend of mine that
explain how is the underground near l'aquila and explain why so many
damages happened even if recent buildings.
You can download the article clicking here:
http://www.infoeq.it/LF_AMPLIFICATION_AQUILA.PDF
Best regards
Mauro
Il 04/07/2010 12:13, Tangazazen@....... ha scritto:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I do not know if all members are aware of the events unfolding in
> Italy. It seems the Italian seismologists are to be prosecute for man
> slaughter for failing to predict the earthquake at L'Aquila. This is in spite of
> one Giampaolo Giuliani touring the town a week before with a loud speaker
> van warning the residents. He was subsequently arrested.
> It is times like this that I feel that mankind has been very arrogant to
> bestow on himself the title of Homo Sapien.
>
>
> Martin Page
>
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