First deep underground observation of rotational signals from an earthquake at teleseismic distance using a large ring laser gyroscope

Simonelli, Andreino; Belfi, Jacopo; Beverini, Nicolo; Carelli, Giorgio; Di Virgilio, Angela; Maccioni, Enrico; De Luca, Gaetano und Saccorotti, Gilberto (2016): First deep underground observation of rotational signals from an earthquake at teleseismic distance using a large ring laser gyroscope. In: Annals of Geophysics, Vol. 59, Fast track 4

Abstract

Recent advances in large ring laser gyroscopes (RLG) technologies opened the possibility to observe rotations of the ground with sensitivities up to 10(-11) rad/sec over the frequency band of seismological interest (0.01-1Hz), thus opening the way to a new geophysical discipline, i.e. rotational seismology. A measure of rotations in seismology is of fundamental interest for (a) the determination of all the six degrees of freedom that characterize a rigid body's motion, and (b) the quantitative estimate of the rotational motions contaminating ground translation measurements obtained from standard seismometers. Within this framework, this paper presents and describes GINGERino, a new large observatory-class RLG located in Gran Sasso underground laboratory (LNGS), one national laboratories of the INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare). We also report unprecedented observations and analyses of the roto-translational signals from a tele-seismic event observed in such a deep underground environment.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Geosciences > Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
• Subjects: 500 Science > 550 Earth sciences and geology
• ISSN: 1593-5213
• Language: English