Coincident locations of rupture nucleation during the 2019 Le Teil earthquake, France and maximum stress change from local cement quarrying

Vincenzo De Novellis; Vincenzo Convertito; Sotiris Valkaniotis; Francesco Casu; Riccardo Lanari; Mario Fernando Monterroso Tobar; Nicola Alessandro Pino

doi:10.1038/s43247-020-00021-6

Communications Earth & Environment (Sep 2020)

Coincident locations of rupture nucleation during the 2019 Le Teil earthquake, France and maximum stress change from local cement quarrying

Vincenzo De Novellis,
Vincenzo Convertito,
Sotiris Valkaniotis,
Francesco Casu,
Riccardo Lanari,
Mario Fernando Monterroso Tobar,
Nicola Alessandro Pino

Affiliations

Vincenzo De Novellis: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell’Ambiente
Vincenzo Convertito: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Osservatorio Vesuviano
Sotiris Valkaniotis: Koronidos Str.
Francesco Casu: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell’Ambiente
Riccardo Lanari: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell’Ambiente
Mario Fernando Monterroso Tobar: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell’Ambiente
Nicola Alessandro Pino: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Osservatorio Vesuviano

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00021-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The 2019 Le Teil earthquake in Southern France may have been triggered by the stress change from 180 years of mass removal at a nearby cement quarry, according to satellite-based observations and seismological analyses of the rupture parameters

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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