The Italian National Seismic Network and the earthquake and tsunami monitoring and surveillance systems
Alberto Michelini
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Lucia Margheriti
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Marco Cattaneo
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Gianpaolo Cecere
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Giuseppe D'Anna
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Alberto Delladio
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Milena Moretti
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Stefano Pintore
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Alessandro Amato
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Alberto Basili
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Andrea Bono
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Paolo Casale
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Peter Danecek
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Martina Demartin
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Licia Faenza
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Valentino Lauciani
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Alfonso Giovanni Mandiello
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Alessandro Marchetti
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Carlo Marcocci
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Salvatore Mazza
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Francesco Mariano Mele
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Anna Nardi
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Concetta Nostro
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Maurizio Pignone
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Matteo Quintiliani
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Sandro Rao
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Laura Scognamiglio
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
Giulio Selvaggi
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Centro Nazionale
Terremoti, Rome, 00143, Italy
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The Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia runs the Italian National Seismic Network (about 400 stations, seismometers, accelerometers and GPS antennas) and other networks at national scale for monitoring earthquakes and tsunami as a part of the National Civil Protection System coordinated by the Italian Department of Civil Protection. This work summarises the acquisition and the distribution of the data and the analysis that are carried out for seismic surveillance and tsunami alert.
The Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia runs the Italian National Seismic Network ...