GEORISKS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
AND THEIR MITIGATION
University of Malta
Valletta Campus
20-21 July 2015
Geohazards, Geology and Geophysics
20-Jul-2015
08:30 -09:30
09:30-10:30
Registration
Opening Session
10:30-11:00
11:00-11:30
Coffee Break
Keynote Lecture
A new earthquake monitoring strategy in a cross-border seismic zone
Mucciarelli M.
11:30-11:45
11:45-12:00
12:00-12:15
12:15-12:30
12:30-12:45
12:45-13:00
13:00-13:15
13:15:13:30
13:30-14:30
14:30-14:45
14:45-15:00
15:00-15:15
15:15-15:30
15:30-15:45
15:45-16:15
Session 1
Convenor:TBA
Pros and cons of seismic hazard assessment
Romeo R. W.
Ground Motion Scaling in the Sicily Channel: implications for seismic hazard assessment
Akinci A., D’Amico S., Pischiutta M.
Seismic hazard parameters of main seismogenic source zone model in the Algeria-Morocco region
Hamdache M., Pelaez J. A., Kijko A., Smit A., Sawires R.
Submarine landslides of the Central Mediterranean Sea: state-of-the-art and current challenges
Micallef A., Cunarro Otero D.,
Seismic and tsunami hazard assessment of a coastal active fault constrained with the historical
Calabria 1905 earthquake (SE Tyrrhenian Sea)
Loreto M. F., Brutto F., Muto F., Armigliato A., Pagnoni G., Sandron D., Tiberi L., Tinti S., Zgur F.
CTBT International Monitoring System and its contribution to disaster early warning and to
assessment of seismic and tsunami hazards
Kalinowski M.
Testing the moment ratio method in forecasting worldwide seismicity
Talbi A., Mobarki M.
A new approach to probabilistic seismic hazard analysis
Burtiev R.
Lunch
Session 2
Convenor:TBA
An integrated approach for landslides hazard assessment on the NW coast of Malta
Soldati M., Devoto S., Foglini F., Forte E., Mantovani M., Pasuto A., Piacentini D., Prampolini M.
Geological and seismological constraints for fault reactivation in the Hyblean foreland (SE Sicily, Italy)
Cultrera I., Barreca G., Scarfi L., Monaco C.
Hunting for past earthquakes in the Mediterranean region; some emblematic cases from the Sicilian
collision zone
Barreca G., Guzzetta L., Ferranti L., Monaco C.
The lithospheric structure of the Gibraltar arc and possible implications for seismic hazard in the
Western Mediterranean
Carbonell R., Diaz J., Gallart J., PICASSO Working Group
Neotectonic deformation model for Northern Algeria: palaeomagnetic and structural constraints
Derder M. E.M., Maouche S., Henry B., Bayou B., Amenna M., Ayache M.
Coffee Break
16:15-16:30
16:30-16:45
16:45-17:00
Session 3
Convenor:TBA
Dynamic characterisation and deconvolution analysis for some sites of the Italian accelerometric
network (RAN)
Paolucci E., Albarello D., Lunedei E., Peruzzi G., Papasidero M. P., Francescone M.
Seismic site response at Lampedusa island, Italy
Panzera F., Simona S., Lombardo G.
Submarine earthquake geology as a tool for seismic hazard assessment in the Central Mediterranean
Sea: potential, limits, techniques and results
Polonia A., Romano S., Vaiani C. S., Gasparotto G., Torelli L., Gasperini L.
17:00-17:30
General Discussion
Structures, Vulnerability and Risk
09:30-10:00
10:00-10:15
10:15-10:30
Session 4
Convenor:TBA
Keynote Lecture
Derivation of seismic fragility curves for masonry buildings with the aid of advanced analysis tools
Kappos A.
The Development of a Rapid Empirical Seismic Vulnerability Assessment Methodology for
Contemporary Load-Bearing Masonry Buildings in the Maltese Islands
Torpiano A., Bonello M.A., Borg R. P., Sapiano P., Ellul A. E.
Seismic Vulnerability of masonry heritage buildings in Malta
Mangion A., Torpiano A., Bonello M. A.
10:30-11:00
11:00-11:15
11:15-11:30
11:30-11:45
11:45-12:00
12:00-12:15
12:15-12:30
12:30-12:45
12:45-13:00
21-Jul-2015
Coffee Break
Session 5
Convenor:TBA
Seismic improvement of historical masonry construction by steel ties: a case study
Mandara A., Ramundo F., Spina G.
Analysis and Evaluation of the seismic vulnerability of the structural aggregate - the case study of
Ortigia
Cicero C., Lombardo G.
On the definition of seismic vulnerability maps in cross-border Mediterranean areas
Cavaleri L., Di Trapani F., Macaluso G., Bilello C.
Preliminary Assessment of the Seismic Vulnerability of Load-bearing Masonry Buildings in Malta
through Numerical Modelling
Cicero C., Borg R. P., Bonello M. A., Lombardo G.
Dynamic identification and seismic safety of two bell towers
Mandara A. Ramundo F., Spina G.
Dynamic characteristics of buildings in Malta and Gozo from ambient vibrations
Galea P., Micallef T., Muscat R., D’Amico S.
Advances in evaluating tsunamis forces on coastal structures
Rossetto T., Eames I., Llyod T. O.
Methodology to estimate the damage and earthquake losses in urban areas, Algeria
Hamidatou M.
13:00-14:30
Lunch
15:00-15:15
Session 6
Convenor:TBA
Update on the Malta Seismic Network
Agius M., R., Galea P., D’Amico S.
From preparation to operational management of seismic crisis - supporting tools for civil protection
services
Auclair S., Monfort D., Colas B., Bertil D., Rey J., Winter T., Langer T.
Framework for emergency management infrastructure using geographic information systems - the
case of the Maltese islands for seismic activity
Canas C., Attard M.
15:15-16:00
Closing Session
14:30-14:45
14:45-15:00