Giovanna de Liso, Cristiano Fidani

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“Seismic Precursors Study Center” (SPSC) Association, Via Servera 16, Torre Pellice, Italy; Istituto di Alta Formazione Artistica e Musicale “G. F. Ghedini”, Cuneo, Italy; Voce Pinerolese, P. S. Donato 30, Pinerolo, Italy.
“Seismic Precursors Study Center” (SPSC) Association, Via Servera 16, Torre Pellice, Italy; Central Italy Electromagnetic Network, CIEN, Fermo, Italy.
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Abstract: The unusual animal behaviour, often observed before earthquakes in a moderate seismic area in Western Piedmont (NW Italy), can be connected with the anomalies of some physical parameters, recorded in a multiple parameters monitoring. Physical phenomena such as radioactive decay, gas emission, soil temperature increase, water pH variations in creeks and lakes, magnetic declination anomalies, air electricity and infra-sound, can generate damages to biological structures or, sometimes, death. A multiple parameters physical monitoring started recently in Western Piedmont, which is useful to propose the study of seismic precursors possibly linked to animal behaviour. Observations of unusual animal behaviour as vocal communications and movements were collected in the same area. A statistical analysis of strange behaviours in dogs and cats may indicate the probable early warning factor of the sense of smell.

Keywords: Unusual Animal Behaviour; Earthquake Early Warning; Radon Monitoring; Electromagnetic Monitoring; Sound Monitoring; Temperature Monitoring

Cite this paper: G. de Liso and C. Fidani, "Seismic Precursory Phenomenology in Unusual Animal Behaviour in Val Pellice, Western Piedmont, in Comparison with Anomalies of Some Physical Parameters," Open Journal of Earthquake Research, Vol. 3 No. 1, 2014, pp. 30-42. doi: 10.4236/ojer.2014.31005.

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