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ANNALI DI GEOFISICA, VOL. 42, N. 3, June 1999 A detailed analysis of some local earthquakes at Somma- Vesuvius Paolo Capuano ('), Ugo Coppa ('), Giuseppe De Natale ('), Felice Di Sena (), Cataldo Godano (!) and Claudia Troise (')?) ()) Osservatorio Vesuviano, Napoli, Italy ©) Dipartimento di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Universita di Napoli «Federico Il», Napoli, aly Abstract In this paper, we analyze local earthquakes which occurred at Somma-Vesuvius during two episodes of intense seismic swarms, in 1989 and 1995 respectively. For the selected earthquakes we have computed accurate hhypocentral locations, focal mechanisms and spectral parameters. We have also studied the ground acceleration produced by the largest events of the sequences (M, > 3.0), at various digital stations installed in the area during the periods of higher seismic activity. The main resuit is that seismicity during the two swarm episodes presents similar features in both locations and focal mechanisms. Strong site dependent effects are evidenced in the seismic radiation and strong amplifications in the frequency band 10-15 Hz. are evident at stations located on the younger Vesuvius structure, with respect to one located on the ancient Somma structure. Furthermore, seismic Stations show peak accelerations for the same events of more than one order of magnitude apart. Key words | Somma-Vesuvius — seismicity - focal unfortunately poor, about the shallow crustal ‘mechanisms — spectral analysis structure beneath the volcano. At present, the main information comes from a seismic reflec- i tion survey carried out in 1973 in the Bay of eta Naples (Finetti and Morelli, 1974), from a deep Mount Vesuvius is a strato-volcano consist- tilling (Trecase well) carried out for geother- ing of a volcanic cone (Gran Cono) built within ™4l purposes (Principe et al., 1987), from a 2D ‘a summit caldera (Mt. Somma), Itis located in. ™Odelling of gravity and aeromagnetic anoma- densely populated (about 700000 inhabitans) _Ties (Cassano and La Torre, 1987) and from a and noisy area. The Somma-Vesuvius complex __PmP phase detected by a deep seismic sounding has been formed over the last 25000 years by Femrcci et al. 1989). a successive eruptions of variable explosiveness, urrently, Mt. Vesuvius is characterized by a low energy seismicity (Berrino et al., 1993 ranging from the quiet lava outpourings, that ‘ Shtacteze uch ofthe tet sci tothe bd fa 198) al ears see a explosive Plinian eruptions, including the one _”.Verage rate of some hundreds per year, in the that destroyed Pompei in 79 A.D., alternated "Magnitude range 0

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