Monitoring local and regional seismicity

• Grant number: 16/12589-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2016
• End date: June 30, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Geophysics
• Principal Investigator: Marcelo Sousa de Assumpção
• Grantee: Higor Diego de Souza Diniz Oliveira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/24215-6 - Pantanal-Chaco-Paraná basins (PCPB): crust and upper mantle seismic structure and evolution, AP.TEM

Abstract

Taking advantage of the dense distribution of stations installed in the project and the real time data availability the local seismicity will be monitored. The student will be responsible for manually inspecting the records, identify the coherent signals and locate the earthquakes occurring within or near the network. The determination of the local seismicity in the region is an important first step for the other parts of the project, such as seismotectonic studies and stress determinations, which will be used later to validate the results of the numerical experiments. Furthermore, the Pantanal and Chaco basins are bounded by important seismogenic zones that present a high seismic activity considering the natural level of seismicity in the Brazilian shield. (AU)