AHEAD European Archive of Historical EArthquake DataEuropean Archive of Historical EArthquake Data

Homepage
Elenco studiData sources
Elenco terremotiEarthquakes
  
 

Galli and Naso, 2008

Galli P., Naso G., 2008. The “taranta” effect of the 1743 earthquake in Salento (Apulia, southern Italy). Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata 49, 2, 177-204.

link      PDF abstract only 

Abstract

The Salento Peninsula (Apulia, southern Italy), along with a few other regions in Italy, is traditionally considered a low seismic hazard area. However, in 1743 it was affected by the catastrophic effects (Imax=IX-X MCS) of an earthquake, that probably occurred offshore, in the Salento Plateau (Ionian Sea). Subsequent damage had a complex pattern, whereby some towns were almost razed to the ground and others, nearby, suffered only slight damage. By means of an integrated geological, geotechnical and geophysical analysis we tried to cast a light on the causes of this peculiar distribution of seismic shaking, which we finally modelled by means of a one-dimensional simulation. These results, together with the re-analysis of the macroseismic distribution of the earthquake, and the seismotectonic knowledge of the region, suggest that the 1743 event was a strong, deep one that occurred far from Salento. The event induced high amplification, mainly in the villages (i.e., Nardò and Francavilla Fontana) founded on thin Pleistocene basins filled with soft sediments. The highest amplification peak, due to both the spectral content of the earthquake, as well as to the resonant period of the sedimentary basins, occurred in the same frequency range as most of the buildings of the time, that is ~3 Hz. This terrific double-resonance effect seems to be the main cause for the highest intensity evaluated in Salento, which, would otherwise, have been struck by effects possibly close to VII-VIII MCS.

Nell'archivio c'è un terremoto da questo studio:In the archive there is one earthquake considered from this study:


   
molto grandiextra large
   
grandilarge
   
medimedium
   
piccolismall
   
molto piccolivery small
non parametrizzatinot determined
falsifake
 

Clicca sulla riga per individuare il terremoto sulla mappa o sulla lente per ottenere più informazioni.Click the row to highlight the earthquake on the map or the lens to obtain more information.

  DataDate    Area epicentraleEpicentral area    MDPs   Imax  EQ in
EPICAv1.1
EQ in
EPICAv1.1
Riferim. in
EPICAv1.1
EPICAv1.1
reference
  PDF PDF 
1743 02 20Salento  84  9-10