GPS/GIS SYSTEM FOR UPDATING CAPABLE FAULTS IN THE CALABRIAN TERRITORY THROUGH THE USE OF SOFT COMPUTING TECHNIQUES

Calabria is crossed by a system of active faults which represents a high seismic risk for the whole territory. With a view to providing a contribution to territorial monitoring and control also for the purpose of "forecasting catastrophic events" and territorial prevention, the Geomatics Lab of the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria is working on updating the database of faults capable of the Calabria Region through the creation of territorial topographic networks for the monitoring and control of potentially active faults, to be managed through a GIS. In this regard (thanks to the large amount of displacement data acquired over time by the GPS networks implemented), we are also working on the experimentation of a neural network for the prediction of the probability of occurrence of an earthquake of a given magnitude following others occurring in the surrounding area, relating the data provided by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, with those obtained from the experimental GPS surveying networks, used to monitor active faults (to date the Castrovillari fault, the fault in the area between Fuscaldo - Falerna, and the Reggio Calabria fault).