A new report about the geotechnical aspects of the 20th May 2012 event

It  is now possible to download a new report about the most relevant geotechnical aspects of the 20th May 2012 event. Among the most significant topics of the document: Some preliminary results about the site effects observed at the Mirandola station; Testing of susceptibility to liquefaction conducted...

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Liquefaction Effects in San Carlo (Sant’Agostino, Ferrara)

The village of San Carlo (Municipality: Sant’Agostino; Province: Ferrara) was affected by significant liquefaction effects following the event of May 20th, 2012 (MW = 5.9). San Carlo is approximately 17 km far from the epicentre. In the following document, an overview of some of the mostly-affected...

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Civil Protection report on strong motion and geological observations

The Italian Civil Protection has published a first report entitled “The Emilia thrust earthquake of 20 May 2012 (Northern Italy): strong motion and geological observations”, in collaboration with the University of Chieti (GeoSis-Lab), the University of Trieste and the Regione Umbria. You can download...

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Liquefaction observed in San Carlo di Sant’Agostino

Liquefaction has been observed in the area of San Carlo di Sant-Agostino (as reported in www.corriere.it – article in Italian - and directly observed by the Eucentre Field Teams). The National Institution of Geologists will be sending teams into the field to carry out investigations on the local...

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