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About the focal mechanism of Friuli earthquake occurred on May 6, 1976

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We are going to present the focal-mechanism solution of Fruili earthquake occurred on May 6, 1976, as it results from the analysis, on original seismograms, of the polarities of initial longitudinal waves obtained in 92 seismic stations. The polarities so obtained have been reported on the projection which represents the surface of the Earth and the solution has been drawn, directly, from the study of the resulting distribution, by establishing through Gräfe's theory the two couples of forces considered as the sources of the seism at the focus. At last, a comparison has been carried out with the solution already obtained by other authors.

Riassunto

Si presenta la soluzione del meccanismo focale del terremoto del Fruili del 6/5/1976 ottenuta dallo studio, sui sismogrammi originali, della polarità delle onde longitudinali iniziali, quale si è presentata in 92 stazioni sismiche vicine e lontane. Le polarità ottenute sono state riportate sulla superficie della Terra e la soluzione è stata ricavata direttamente dallo studio della distribuzione così ottenuta, definendo mediante la teoria di Gräfe le due coppie di forze che hanno agito all'ipocentro. Un confronto è stato infine eseguito con le soluzioni in precedenza ottenute da altri autori.

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Предлагается решение фокального механизма землетрясения, имевшего место в Фриули 6 мая 1976 г. Решение есть результат анализа исходных сейсмограмм, которые получены на 92 сейсмнческих, удаленнынных и близких. Полученные пояьрности представлены в проекции на поверхность Земли. Решение получено непосредственно из исследования результируюшего распределения, которое следует из теории Грефа для для двух пар сил, представляюших источники землетрясения в фокусе. В заключение проводится сравнение с решением, полученным ранее другими авторами.

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Biagi, P.F., Piro, S. About the focal mechanism of Friuli earthquake occurred on May 6, 1976. Il Nuovo Cimento C 3, 142–150 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02507140

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