A focal mechanism catalogue of earthquakes that occurred in the southeastern Alps and surrounding areas from 1928–2019

Saraò, Angela; Sugan, Monica; Bressan, Gianni; Renner, Gianfranco; Restivo, Andrea

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-2245-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-2245-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-2245-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 5

Data description paper

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21 May 2021

Data description paper |

| 21 May 2021

A focal mechanism catalogue of earthquakes that occurred in the southeastern Alps and surrounding areas from 1928–2019

Angela Saraò, Monica Sugan, Gianni Bressan, Gianfranco Renner, and Andrea Restivo

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Status: closed

RC1:
'Comment on essd-2020-369', Gianfranco Vannucci, 03 Feb 2021

Only minor revisions but Authors have to made some changes

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2020-369-RC1
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Angela Saraò, 01 Apr 2021
  
  We acknowledge the valuable time you devoted to our paper and the helpful suggestions that will certainly improve our work.
  
  We have addressed all the issues you raised, both in the manuscript and in the database, as described in the attached file.
  
  Best regards
  
  Angela Saraò
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2020-369-AC1
RC2:
'Comment on essd-2020-369', Mircea Radulian, 06 Feb 2021

The goal of the paper is in line with ESSD journal. The methods applied in building the FPS database are standard. What the work brings new is the completing the existing FPS catalogues with new determinations, revising the previous solutions and merging and integrating all the available information with the new determinations. The data are complete and easy to access and have significant potential to be used in the future. Also the format of metadata is appropriate.

The presentation is clear and concise except Introduction, which is too long in my opinion. The first part describes the methods used to compute FPS, but all this information is familiar for any interested reader. I recommend to shorten as much as possible this part.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2020-369-RC2
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Angela Saraò, 01 Apr 2021
  
  We acknowledge the reviewer for the valuable time devoted to our paper and for appreciation. We have reduced the introduction as suggested by the reviewer to improve the readability of our work.
  Best regards
  Angela Saraò
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2020-369-AC2

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload

AR by Angela Saraò on behalf of the Authors (03 Apr 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (28 Apr 2021) by Kirsten Elger

AR by Angela Saraò on behalf of the Authors (29 Apr 2021) Manuscript

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Focal mechanisms describe the orientation of the fault on which an earthquake occurs and the slip direction. They are necessary to understand seismotectonic processes and for seismic hazard analysis. We present a focal mechanism catalogue of 772 selected earthquakes of 1.8 ≤ M ≤ 6.5 that occurred in the southeastern Alps and surrounding areas from 1928 to 2019. For each earthquake, we report focal mechanisms from the literature and newly computed solutions, and we suggest a preferred one.