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NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES
Volume 22, Issue 11, Pages 3787-3792Publisher
COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-22-3787-2022
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The 28 December 1908 Messina Straits earthquake, one of the worst seismic disasters in history, still lacks a consensus on the causative fault and the assumption of significant subsidence preceding the event. However, a critical analysis of the available data rejects this assumption.
The 28 December 1908 Messina Straits earthquake represents one of the worst seismic catastrophes in world history. In spite of the relatively large and various amount of data available and the geophysical investigations accomplished in the straits, the seismogenic structure is still elusive and intensely debated. Some models proposed for the causative fault rely considerably on the hypothesis of significant subsidence preceding the event. By driving results that differ critically from previously debated models, this assumption would have crucial repercussions on the seismic hazard assessment in the area. However, the critical analysis of this assumption in the light of the available data allows the rejection of this possibility.
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