GNGTS 2016 - Atti del 35° Convegno Nazionale

180 GNGTS 2016 S essione 1.1 • for local estimates of hazard and risk associated with hydrocarbon extraction, either on- going or planned, both in national waters (Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Strait of Sicily) and in the waters of the central Mediterranean countries (Croatia, Greece, North Africa). The FASTMIT project relies on the collaboration between the two most important Italian institutes in the sector of the geosciences (OGS and INGV) that over the years gained considerable expertise in the various aspects of the onshore and offshore geological hazards. The different skills developed by both institutes will mutually complement and complete toward a homogeneous data product, which will contain a characterization of the crustal faults affecting the studied marine areas, together with their classification in terms of seismogenic and tsunamigenic potential. The project will benefit from the infrastructure managed by the two institutes, such as observational geodetic and seismometric networks, mobile equipment, the research vessel OGS Explora with its high-profile instrumentation. In addition, the project will benefit from the results of several projects already completed or in progress under national or European research-funding programs (MAGIC, RITMARE, Smart Cities CLARA, EMODnet-Geology2, EPOS-IP, ASTARTE, STREST, SHARE, AlpArray, TSUMAPS-NEAM), several of which represent examples of active cooperation between OGS and INGV, or with the parties that have expressed their interest in it. In this respect, several institutions, not directly involved in the project, have formally expressed their interest in FASTMIT’s potential results. Anoteworthy example is the Ministry of Economic Development, which has recently started a program on the safety of offshore installations involving both OGS and INGV, with complementary targets to the FASTMIT’s. Below is the list of the institutions that have formalized their interest in FASTMIT: • Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico (MiSE); • Dipartimento della Protezione Civile (Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri); • Protezione Civile Regione Friuli-Venezia Giulia e del Veneto; • CNR-IMAA; • Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA); • University of Malta. The already broad international collaborations of OGS and INGV will also be strengthened by the results of the project: the seismological cross-border network CE3RN will be further extended toward the sea; this is of particular interest especially for neighboring countries, such as Croatia and Slovenia. The installation of a seismic array in the Maltese Archipelago, for which we thank the availability of the University of Malta, will constitute an international research infrastructure which will remain operational even after the end of the project. This type of infrastructure, diffused in the countries bordering the North Sea, would be the first one in the Mediterranean dedicated to the study of the offshore seismicity. The results expected from the FASTMIT project shall constitute a significant contribution to the knowledge of seismogenic structures in the Italian Seas and the potential hazards they may pose. Considering Italy’s geographic position, this information will help improve future efforts in estimating seismic hazard and the hazard posed by tsunamis of earthquake origin, not only for Italy but also for conterminous countries and Mediterranean countries in general.