Papers published on international journals

Colombelli S. and A., Zollo, Fast determination of earthquake magnitude and fault extent from real-time P-wave recordings, Geophys. J. Int. 202, 1158–1163, 2015. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv217, PDF.


Colombelli S., Caruso, A., Zollo, A., Festa, R. and H. Kanamori, A P wave-based, on-site method for earthquake early warning, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 1390–1398, 2015. doi:10.1002/2014GL063002, PDF.


Kuyuk, H.S., Colombelli S., Zollo, A., Allen, R.M. and M. O. Erdik, Automatic earthquake confirmation for early warning system, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 5266–5273, 2015. doi:10.1002/2015GL063881, PDF.


Picozzi, M., Emolo, A., Martino, C., Zollo, A., Miranda, N. Verderame, G., Boxberger, T. and the REAKT working group, Earthquake Early Warning System for Schools: A Feasibility Study in Southern Italy, Seismological Research Letters Volume 86, 2A 2015. doi:10.1785/0220140194, PDF.


Picozzi, M., Zollo, A., Brondi, P., Colombelli S., Elia, L., and C. Martino, Exploring the feasibility of a nationwide earthquake early warning system in Italy, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 120, 2015. doi:10.1002/2014JB011669, PDF.


Picozzi, M., Colombelli S., Zollo, A., Carranza, M. and E. Buforn, A Threshold-Based Earthquake Early-Warning System for Offshore Events in Southern Iberia, Pure and Applied Geophysics 2014. doi:10.1007s00024-014-1009-2, PDF.


Colombelli S., Zollo, A., Festa, G. and M. Picozzi, Evidence for a difference in rupture initiation between small and large earthquakes, Nature Communication 5, 2014. doi:10.1038/ncomms4958, PDF.


Colombelli S., Emolo, A. and A. Zollo, A Duration Magnitude Scale for the Irpinia Seismic Network, Southern Italy. Seism. Res. Lett. , Vol. 85, 2014, doi:10.1785/0220130055, PDF.


Carranza M., Buforn E., Colombelli S. and A. Zollo, Earthquake early warning for southern Iberia: A P-wave threshold-based approach. Geophys. Res. Lett. , 48, 2013, doi:10.1002/grl.50903, PDF.


Colombelli S., Allen, R.M. and A. Zollo, Application of real-time GPS to earthquake early warning in subduction and strike-slip environments. J. Geophys. Res., Solid Earth , Vol. 118, 3448-3461, 2013, doi:10.1002/jgrb.50242, PDF.


Colombelli S., Zollo A., Festa G. and H. Kanamori, Early magnitude and potential damage zone estimates for the great Mw 9 Tohoku-Oki earthquake. Geophys. Res. Lett. , 39, L22306, 2012, doi:10.1029/2012GL053923, PDF.


Maercklin N., Festa G., Colombelli S. and A. Zollo, Twin ruptures grew to build up the giant 2011 Tohoku, Japan, earthquake. Sci. Rep. , 2, 709, 2012, doi:10.1038/srep00709, PDF.


Colombelli S., Amoroso, O., Zollo A. and H. Kanamori, Test of a Threshold-based earthquake early warning strategy. BSSA , Vol. 102, No. 3, pp. 1266-1275, June 2012, doi:10.1785/0120110149, PDF.




Papers & chapters in Encyclopedia volumes

Zollo A., Colombelli S., Festa, G. and A. Emolo, Source carachterization for earthquake early warning. In Early Warning for Geological Disasters , published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014, 10.1007/978-3-642-12233-0.


Zollo A., Colombelli S., and L., Elia, An integrated regional and on-site Earthquake Early Warning System for Southern Italy: concepts, methodologies and performances. In Early Warning for Geological Disasters , published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014, 10.1007/978-3-642-12233-0.


Zollo A., Colombelli S., Elia, L., Emolo, A., Festa, G. iannaccone. G., Martino, C. and P. Gasparini, An integrated regional and on-site Earthquake Early Warning System for Southern Italy: concepts, methodologies and performances. In Early Warning for Geological Disasters , published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014, 10.1007/978-3-642-12233-0.




Courses & workshops

Short Course on Earthquake Early Warning: Approaches, Methodologies and Case Studies, EGU meeting, Vienna 2014,SM3.3/SC4 .

Convener: Aldo Zollo

Co-Conveners: Simona Colombelli, Matteo Picozzi

Session Description



Participation to international meetings

S. Colombelli, Aldo Zollo, Gaetano Festa and Matteo Picozzi, A P-wave based methodology for the rapid source characterization. ECGS & ESC/EAEE Joint Workshop, Luxembourg, November 18-20, 2015.


A. Caruso, S. Colombelli, A. Zollo, G. Festa and H. Kanamori, A P-wave based, on-site method for Earthquake Early Warning. ECGS & ESC/EAEE Joint Workshop, Luxembourg, November 18-20, 2015..


M.Picozzi, A. Emolo, C. Martino, A. Zollo, S. Colombelli and the REAKT Working Group, PRESToPlus and Sentinel an Earthquake Early Warning System for Schools: a feasibility study in Southern Italy. ECGS & ESC/EAEE Joint Workshop, Luxembourg, November 18-20, 2015..


A. Zollo, M. Picozzi, S. Colombelli, L. Elia, A. Caruso, and P. Brondi, PRESTo On-Site 1.0: concepts and preliminary analyses. ECGS & ESC/EAEE Joint Workshop, Luxembourg, November 18-20, 2015..


A. Zollo, M. Picozzi, A. Emolo, S. Colombelli, L. Elia, G. Festa, and C. Martino, Worldwide Applications Of Presto - Probabilistic And Evolutionary Early Warning System. ECGS & ESC/EAEE Joint Workshop, Luxembourg, November 18-20, 2015..


S. Colombelli, Aldo Zollo, Gaetano Festa and Matteo Picozzi, A P-wave based methodology for the rapid source characterization. 26th IUGG International Conference, Prague 2015..


S. Colombelli and Aldo Zollo, A p-wave based methodology for rapid, real time determination of seismic moment, fault extent and stress drop. 26th IUGG International Conference, Prague 2015..


S. Colombelli, Aldo Zollo, Gaetano Festa, and Matteo Picozzi, Small and large earthquakes: Evidence for a difference in rupture initiation. AGU Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, December 2015.


S. Colombelli, Aldo Zollo, Gaetano Festa, and Matteo Picozzi, Small and large earthquakes: Evidence for a difference in rupture initiation. 3rd International Conference on Earthquake Early Warning, Berkeley, California (USA) 03-05 September 2014.


Matteo Picozzi, Piero Brondi, S. Colombelli, Luca Elia, Claudio Martino, Sandro Marcucci and Aldo Zollo, Presto2.0: an integrated on-site and regional early warning system for Italy. 3rd International Conference on Earthquake Early Warning, Berkeley, California (USA) 03-05 September 2014.


Aldo Zollo, A. Caruso, Colombelli S., G. Festa and H. Kanamori, A P-wave, threshold-based method for Earthquake Early-Warning. 3rd International Conference on Earthquake Early Warning, Berkeley, California (USA) 03-05 September 2014.


Antonio Emolo, Matteo Picozzi, Aldo Zollo, Gerardo Verderame, Claudio Martino, Luca Elia, S. Colombelli, Ortensia Amoroso, Maria Teresa De Risi, Dino Bindi, Stefano Parolai, Tobias Boxberg, Nicola Miranda, Lilly Buonaiuto, Angelo Amelia, Feasibility Study On Earthquake Early Warning For Schools in Southern Italy. ESC GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ISTANBUL, 24-29 August 2014.


Matteo Picozzi, Aldo Zollo, Piero Brondi, S. Colombelli, Luca Elia, Claudio Martino and Sandro Marcucci, Feasibility study of a nation-wide early warning system: the application of the eew software presto on the italian strong motion network (RAN). ESC GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ISTANBUL, 24-29 August 2014.


Matteo Picozzi, Aldo Zollo, Stefano Parolai, Dino Bindi, Massimiliano Pittore, S. Colombelli, Antonio Emolo, Gaetano Festa, Luca Elia, Ortensia Amoroso and Claudio Martino, New directions in real-time earthquake characterization and early warning damage prediction at different scales. ESC GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ISTANBUL, 24-29 August 2014.


Aldo Zollo, Antonio Emolo, S. Colombelli, Luca Elia, Gaetano Festa, Claudio Martino, and Matteo Picozzi, PRESTo - probabilistic and evolutionary early warning system: concepts, performances, and case studies. ESC GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ISTANBUL, 24-29 August 2014.


Ortensia Amoroso, S. Colombelli, Grazia De Landro, Vincenzo Serlenga, Marcello Serra, Guido Maria Adinolfi, Antonella Bobbio, Piero Brondi, Sergio Del Gaudio, Antonio Scala and Aldo Zollo, www.sismoscholar.it: web platform for sharing and management of seismic data acquired in schools and dissemination activities. ESC GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ISTANBUL, 24-29 August 2014.


Marta Carranza, Elisa Buforn, Antonio Pazos, Aldo Zollo, S. Colombelli, Carmen Pro, Lucía Lozano, and Fernando Carrilho, Earthquake Early Warning System for Southern Iberia: Time window stability for parameter estimation. EGU General Assembly 2014 - Vienna - Austria - 27 April – 02 May 2014.


S. Colombelli, Aldo Zollo, Gaetano Festa, and Matteo Picozzi, Small and large earthquakes: evidence for a different rupture beginning. EGU General Assembly 2014 - Vienna - Austria - 27 April – 02 May 2014.


Aldo Zollo, Matteo Picozzi, Luca Elia, Claudio Martino, Piero Brondi, S. Colombelli, Antonio Emolo, Gaetano Festa, and Sandro Marcucci, Feasibility study of a nation-wide Early Warning System: the application of the EEW software PRESTo on the Italian Strong Motion Network (RAN). EGU General Assembly 2014 - Vienna - Austria - 27 April – 02 May 2014.


S. Colombelli, Aldo Zollo, Gaetano Festa and Matteo Picozzi, Small and large earthquakes: evidence for a different rupture beginning. Workshop on Earthquake Early Warning System: Applications to the Ibero-MaghrebianRegion – Madrid, Spain 4-5 February, 2014.


M. Carranza, E. Buforn, A. Pazos, A. Zollo, S. Colombelli, C. Pro, L. Lozano and F. Carrilho, EEWS parameters in southern Iberia. Workshop on Earthquake Early Warning System: Applications to the Ibero-MaghrebianRegion – Madrid, Spain 4-5 February, 2014.


Colombelli S., Early Warning for Large Earthquakes: observations, models and real-time data analysis. invited speaker for a Seminar at ETH Zuric, November 08 2013 - oral presentation.


Colombelli S., Aldo Zollo, Gaetano Festa and Matteo Picozzi, Early Warning for Large Earthquakes: observations and insights on the rupture initiation process. REAKT 2nd annual meeting, Zurich, Switzerland, 22-25 October 2013 - oral presentation.


M. Picozzi, A. Zollo, Colombelli S., A. Emolo, G. Festa, L. Elia, and C. Martino, New directions in real-time earthquake characterization, loss and structural damage assessment. European center for geodynamics and seismology, october 2-4, 2013 - oral presentation.


Zollo, A., Colombelli S., Luca Elia, Antonio Emolo, Gaetano Festa, Claudio Martino, Sandro Marcucci, Presto earthquake early warning system: feasibility study for a nation-wide deployment using an integrated regional and on-site approach. Joint Assembly IAHS / IAPSO / IASPEI - Gothenburg, Sweden, 22-26 July 2013 - poster presentation.


Zollo, A., Colombelli S., Gaetano Festa, Hiroo Kanamori, Expanding the P-wave Time Window: insights from observations and implications for Earthquake Early Warning. Joint Assembly IAHS / IAPSO / IASPEI - Gothenburg, Sweden, 22-26 July 2013 - oral presentation.


Hellweg, M., Allen, R. M., Colombelli S., Grapenthin, R., Henson, I., Johanson, I., Kuyuk, H. S., Neuhauser, D., Operating and improving earthquake early warning for northern california and the us west coast. SSA 2013 annual meeting 17-19 april, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.


Colombelli S., R.M. Allen and A. Zollo, Real-time magnitude estimation and rapid fault characterization with GPS data for Earthquake Early Warning applications. AGU Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, December 3-7, 2012.


N. Maercklin, G. Festa, Colombelli S., and A. Zollo, Rupture evolution and slip of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake from back-projection of local seismic data. AGU Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, December 3-7, 2012.


Aldo Zollo, Colombelli S., Luca Elia, Antonio Emolo, Gaetano Festa, Claudio Martino, Sandro Marcucci, Feasibility Study For A Nation-Wide Deployment Using An Integrated Regional and On-site Approach. AGU Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, December 3-7, 2012 - oral presentation.


Alexandru Marmureanu, Constantin Ionescu, Carmen Cioflan, Luca Elia, Aldo Zollo, Colombelli S., Claudio Martino, Towards an Integrated Regional Early Warning System For Romania - Vrancea Earthquakes: Test and Performances. AGU Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, December 3-7, 2012 - oral presentation.


Colombelli S., A. Emolo, A. Zollo, Peak-Duration magnitude for the Irpinia Seismic Network, Southern Italy. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 3 - 8 April, 2011 - poster session.


Colombelli S., O. Amoroso, A. Zollo and H. Test of a threshold-based Earthquake Early Warning method using Japanese data. IUGG meeting, Melbourne, Australia, 28 June - 07 July, 2011 - poster session.


A. Zollo, Colombelli S.,and H. Kanamori, TEarly Warning for Large Magnitude Earthquakes: Is it feasible?. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 5 - 9 December, 2011 - oral presentation.


A.Emolo, A.Zollo, L.Elia, C.Martino, Colombelli S., G.Festa, G.Iannaccone, Toward an integrated regional and on-site Earthquake Early Warning System for Southern Italy: test and performances. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 5 - 9 December, 2011 - poster session.


Colombelli S., A. Emolo, A. Zollo, Peak-Duration magnitude for the Irpinia Seismic Network, Southern Italy. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 3 - 8 April, 2011 - poster session.



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