Real time monitoring of structures in task force missions: the example of the Mw=6.3 Central Italy Earthquake, April 6, 2009

The rapid improvement in telemetry and computer technology is literally driving a revolution in earthquake engineering and, in particular, in the monitoring of civil built infrastructures. Monitoring buildings in earthquake-prone areas is a task of major importance both to ensure their structural integrity and to obtain an insight into their responses in the event of an earthquake in order to mitigate urban earthquake risk by new, effective seismic design provisions.