The ANTICS Large-N Seismic Deployment in Albania

Agurto-Detzel H, Rietbrock A, Tilmann F, Dushi E, Frietsch M, Heit B, Kufner SK, Lindner M, Rama B, Schurr B, Yuan X (2025)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2025

Journal

Annals of Geophysics Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)

Book Volume: 68

DOI: 10.4401/ag-9210

Abstract

Located within the active continental collision between Eurasia and the Adriatic microplate, Albania is an earthquake prone country with one of the highest seismic hazard in Europe. This came into evidence when the MW = 6.4 Durrës earthquake hit the country in 2019, causing 51 fatalities and widespread damage to infrastructure. Despite this stark reminder, the seismotectonics of Albania remains poorly researched, holding many unknowns regarding active seismogenic faults and 3D velocity structure. In an attempt to fill-in this knowledge gap, we conceived the project ANTICS (AlbaniaN TectonIcs of Continental Subduction) to install a temporary network of 382 seismic stations and densely monitor the abundant seismic activity in central Albania. In this paper we introduce the project goals and seismic deployment, assessing data quality and extracting valuable lessons from such a complex large-N deployment. Finally, we present some preliminary results on the detected seismicity and a receiver function profile and expand on an outlook of the project and possible next steps in the area.

Involved external institutions

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) DE Germany (DE) Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum - GFZ DE Germany (DE) Polytechnic University of Tirana (UPT) / Universiteti Politeknik i Tiranës AL Albania (AL) Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Agurto-Detzel, H., Rietbrock, A., Tilmann, F., Dushi, E., Frietsch, M., Heit, B.,... Yuan, X. (2025). The ANTICS Large-N Seismic Deployment in Albania. Annals of Geophysics, 68. https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-9210

MLA:

Agurto-Detzel, Hans, et al. "The ANTICS Large-N Seismic Deployment in Albania." Annals of Geophysics 68 (2025).

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