Precursors signatures of few major earthquakes in Italy using very low frequency signal of 45.9 kHz

• Autorzy: Kandel Keshav Prasad , Khadka Balaram , Bhatta Karan , Ghimire Basu Dev

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1007/s11600-019-00316-z

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

On May 20 and May 29, 2012, earthquakes of magnitude MW 6.1 and 5.8, respectively, struck Emilia-Romagna of Italy. We present the results obtained from the US Navy VLF Transmitter’s NSY signal of 45.9 kHz transmitted from Niscemi, in the province of Sicily, Italy, and received at the Kiel Longwave Monitor, Germany, for 2012. We analyzed the terminator times, D-layer preparation and disappearance times and nighttime fuctuation parameters. We also analyzed trends, dispersion and nighttime fuctuation which gave us possible precursors to these earthquakes. Possible perturbations due to other factors were fltered. Moreover, the fndings of these two earthquakes were compared to Central Italy EQ on August 24, 2016, and Tuscany EQ on June 21, 2013. Therefore, this manuscript is the overall analysis of four earthquakes, out of which two were already published before. As our TRGCP path is North–South, the sunrise and sunset times in transmitter and receiver places match making a pathway for VLF/LF smoother and therefore hoping to obtain more natural data. We found many clear anomalies (as precursors) in terminator times 5 days to 16 days before the earthquakes. Moreover, using nighttime fuctuation method, we found clear anomalies 5–13 days prior to main earthquakes. This exactly correlates with the fndings of previous authors that ionospheric perturbations are seen from few days to few weeks before the seismic activity. In addition to this, we observed an unexpected decrease in dispersion on certain anomalies where it was supposed to increase, thereby not supporting our fnding to some extent. To resolve this problem, we devised a new parameter called dispersion nighttime (dispersion*). On analyzing, this parameter decreases signifcantly on days of nighttime anomalies, thereby supporting our precursors to much extent.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

very low frequency; VLF; precursors to Italy earthquakes; anomaly in seismo-ionospheric parameters related to VLF; sunset terminator time; SRT; D-layer disappearance time; DLDT; D-layer

PL

bardzo niska częstotliwość; VLF

• Wydawca: Instytut Geofizyki PAN ; Springer
• Czasopismo: Acta Geophysica
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: Vol. 67, no. 4
• Strony: 1253--1263
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 27 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Kandel Keshav Prasad

• St. Xavier’s College, Maitighar, Kathmandu, Nepal
• Nepalese Center for Research in Physical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
• The Culture Lab, Buddhanilkantha, Kathmandu, Nepal

autor

Khadka Balaram

• St. Xavier’s College, Maitighar, Kathmandu, Nepal
• Nepalese Center for Research in Physical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

autor

Bhatta Karan

• St. Xavier’s College, Maitighar, Kathmandu, Nepal
• Nepalese Center for Research in Physical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

autor

Ghimire Basu Dev

• St. Xavier’s College, Maitighar, Kathmandu, Nepal
• Nepalese Center for Research in Physical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

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