Limits on the potential accuracy of earthquake risk evaluations using the L’Aquila (Italy) earthquake as an example

<p>This article is concerned with attempting to ‘predict’ (hindcast) the damage caused by the L’Aquila 2009 earthquake (M<sub>w</sub> 6.3) and, more generally, with the question of how close predicted damage can ever be to observations. Damage is hindcast using a well-established e...

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Main Authors: John Douglas, Daniel Monfort Climent, Caterina Negulescu, Agathe Roullé, Olivier Sedan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) 2015-06-01
Series:Annals of Geophysics
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Online Access:http://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/6651