Sicilian fault under close surveillance

This is a technology that may revolutionise the study of submarine faults. Off the shore of the Sicilian town of Catania, a team of scientists has installed an underwater fiber optic cable that crosses the North ALFEO fault in four places. The deformation of the cable enables the researchers to monitor the activity of the fault via a computer. To verity these results, an oceanographic mission has collected a wealth of information on the fault, which was discovered only 10 years ago