Seismic Surveillance and Tsunami Warning Room - INGV Rome
Operations Room of the Etna Observatory - INGV Catania
Software for localization and magnitude calculation used in the Seismic Surveillance Room.
Monitoring room of the Vesuvius Observatory - INGV Naples
Localization software of the seismic activity of Sicilian volcanoes.
Seismic activity tracking software for Campania volcanoes.
The Seismic Surveillance Room of ROME
The Seismic Surveillance Room of Rome is the operational structure that detects and identifies earthquakes that occur within the national territory or in neighboring areas that may be felt by the population; the Tsunami Alert Center for the Mediterranean and seismic surveillance of the Colli Albani volcanic complex are also operational in the same room.
In this Room the seismic signals recorded by the stations of the National Seismic Network are acquired in real time and processed automatically to calculate the fundamental parameters for identifying the earthquake:
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the time of origin, i.e. the exact time when the earthquake occurred,
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the geographical coordinates and the depth of the hypocenter of the earthquake,
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the magnitude, i.e. an estimate of the magnitude of the earthquake.
Time, coordinates, depth and magnitude are then processed by the staff, who man the Surveillance Room 24 hours a day, every day of the year. For all earthquakes with a magnitude Ml ≥ 24, these parameters are communicated as quickly as possible to the DPC in order to initiate the necessary emergency or verification procedures on the territory, based on the severity and location of the earthquake.
Together with the seismic stations directly managed by INGV, some regional and local networks managed by other bodies, with which there is a collaboration and/or coordination relationship (pursuant to Legislative Decree 381/1999), contribute to the monitoring of the national territory . In particular, the collaboration with institutions and universities, such as INOGS and the DipTeRis of the University of Genoa, allows detailed monitoring of north-eastern and north-western Italy respectively, thanks to a long-standing synergy between INGV and these institutions . Other collaborations are active with the DPC (National Accelerometric Network), the Prato Ricerche Foundation, with ENEL SpA, with the A. Bina Observatory of Perugia, with the University of Calabria and with other observatories throughout the national territory. The complete list of the stations of the National Seismic Network, managed by INGV and of the other regional and local networks is available on the page http://cnt.rm.ingv.it/instruments/ .
In addition to the personnel on duty in the Room, other figures available 24/XNUMX contribute to the Seismic Surveillance Service, such as the Seismic Officer, the IT specialists and the staff of the Ancona, Grottaminarda and Milan offices who ensure the efficiency of the Room and the National Seismic Network .
The acquisition, analysis, archiving and distribution, through dedicated services, of all the seismic data processed are managed by an IT infrastructure which is an integral part of the Hall.
The seismic data analysis system in the Seismic Surveillance Room was designed and developed by INGV staff respecting the format and standards of international seismology. Furthermore, Sala's current IT procedures based on a microservices and real-time messaging architecture make it possible to share data both towards the DPC and towards the public in a simple and rapid way. INGV has also developed the software for locating and calculating the magnitude of seismic events on national territory and on a global scale; the procedures that create the seismic event announcements, the weekly Bulletins and the Event and Sequence Reports for DPC, which are published on the INGV website.
The Operations Room of Catania
The Operations Room of the Etna Observatory in Catania is the operational structure where the signals acquired by all the Monitoring Networks of the Sicilian volcanoes (Etna, Stromboli, Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Pantelleria) are conveyed. Here the data are processed in advance and displayed using specific methods for the purposes of seismic surveillance of volcanic areas.
Signal analysis systems allow the detection and localization of local seismic events. These systems, by means of appropriate visualization and processing software, allow the personnel on duty to have a global vision updated in real time of the geophysical phenomena in progress and therefore to have the location and magnitude of the earthquakes recorded in the shortest possible time.
The surveillance activity, carried out 24/XNUMX every day of the year, is carried out through a cycle of three daily shifts, each consisting of two personnel. Furthermore, in the Operations Room there are systems that allow communication with the DPC, with the Seismic Surveillance Room in Rome and the Monitoring Room of the Vesuvius Observatory.
One of the main activities of the Operations Room of the Etna Observatory is to communicate to the DPC the occurrence of seismic events with a magnitude greater than the thresholds set for Sicilian volcanoes, of significant seismic swarms and of other events of potential relevance for the purposes of seismic surveillance of volcanic areas.
The locations of the seismic events and the related parameters are published on the INGV websites and blogs and on the INGVterremoti social media.
In order to maintain the efficiency of the Room and of the monitoring networks, other figures who are available 24/XNUMX contribute to the Surveillance Service, such as the seismologist, the volcanologist, the computer scientist and the technician.
The Monitoring Room of Naples
The Monitoring Room of the Vesuvius Observatory in Naples is the operational structure where the signals acquired by all the permanent Monitoring Networks of the Campania volcanoes (Vesuvius, Campi Flegrei, Ischia) and the Stromboli Seismic Network are conveyed. Here they are pre-processed and visualized in specific ways for volcanic surveillance purposes. In the Hall there are systems that allow communication with the DPC, with the Seismic Surveillance Room in Rome and the Operations Room of the Etna Observatory in Catania and with other institutions.
The automatic seismic analysis systems operating in the Hall allow the detection and localization of local seismic events. These systems are integrated into the visualization ones, allowing the staff in the room a global vision updated in real time of the geophysical phenomenologies in progress.
The surveillance activity, 24 hours a day, every day of the year, is carried out inside the Hall through a cycle of three daily shifts, each consisting of two personnel.
The main task of the Room is to communicate to the DPC the occurrence of seismic events with a magnitude greater than the thresholds envisaged for the volcanoes in Campania, of significant seismic swarms and of other events of potential relevance for surveillance purposes.
Software systems are operative in the Hall which allow the analysis of seismic events by the staff on duty, the calculation of the magnitude and the sending of the communications to the DPC. The locations of the seismic events and the relative magnitudes are published on the INGV websites and blogs and on the INGVterremoti social media.
In addition to the staff on duty in the Room, other figures available 24/XNUMX contribute to the Surveillance Service, such as the seismologist, the volcanologist, the computer scientist and the technician who ensure, among other things, the efficiency of the Room and the monitoring networks .