title: Acoustic emission monitoring of the Syracuse Athena temple: scale invariance in the timing of ruptures.
abstract: We perform a comparative statistical analysis between the acoustic-emission time series from the ancient Greek Athena temple in Syracuse and the sequence of nearby earthquakes. We find an apparent association between acoustic-emission bursts and the earthquake occurrence. The waiting-time distributions for acoustic-emission and earthquake time series are described by a unique scaling law indicating self-similarity over a wide range of magnitude scales. This evidence suggests a correlation between the aging process of the temple and the local seismic activity.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Strada delle Cacce 91, 10135 Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Niccolini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carpinteri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lacidogna
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manuello