Milan, 19 September 2016. TRE ALTAMIRA has mapped ground motion and detected land changes in the Central Italy area struck by the earthquake using different kinds of processing algorithms and radar satellite platforms. This is our contribution to the understanding of what happened before, during and after the catastrophic event.
The earthquake hit on 24 August 2016, reducing to rubble the towns of Accumoli, Amatrice and Pescara del Tronto, and killing 300 people. The epicentre was identified around the town of Accumoli.
Some results of our analyses over the area are reported in the gallery at the TRE website link