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CFTI4Med, Catalogue of strong earthquakes in Italy (461 B.C.-1997) and

Mediterranean area (760 B.C.-1500)

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CFTI4Med
Catalogue of Strong Earthquakes in Italy (461 B.C.-1997)
and Mediterranean Area (760 B.C.-1500)

The Catalogue lists earthquakes that occurred in Italy between 461 B.C.
and 1997, and earthquakes that occurred in the general Mediterranean
area between the VIII century b.C. and the XV century.

Italian earthquakes are based on the latest release of the Catalogo dei
Forti Terremoti in Italia (Catalogue of Strong Italian Earthquakes),
commonly referred to as CFTI3 (Boschi et al., 2000), with subsequent
additions and improvements. The CFTI4 contains all Italian earthquakes
having epicentral intensity VIII or larger and a selection of smaller
earthquakes (total number of earthquakes: 1257). All data supplied in
the Catalogue are based on ad hoc historical investigations and on
specifically reinterpreted and discussed historical sources. Since its first
1995 release the Catalogo dei Forti Terremoti has been substantially
extended and improved with respect to a) the earthquakes analyzed, b)
the number of historical sources considered, and c) the number of
assessed intensities. The following diagrams illustrate the improvements
between 1995 and 2007.
Mediterranean earthquakes are based on two catalogues: the Catalogue
of Ancient Earthquakes in the Mediterranean area up to the 10th century
(Guidoboni et al., 1994), containing 300 earthquakes that involved 19
present-day countries around the Mediterranean, and on the Catalogue
of Earthquakes and Tsunamis in the Mediterranean area from the 11th to
the 15th century (Guidoboni and Comastri, 2005), containing 383
earthquakes relative to 19 countries. Overall the CFTI4 containes 1,739
earthquakes, 482 of which occurred outside of Italy. Both catalogues
report historical sources in their original language.

The Catalogue is accessible through a specifically designed web-GIS

interface. All commands are easy to use and fully described in English in
the Help section. Due to the nature and history of the Catalogue,
however, the comment texts that accompany all Italian earthquakes are
currently available only in Italian.

To allow their visualization in the web-GIS environment of the Catalogue,

data on Mediterranean earthquakes have been reorganized following the
same standards and format as the data on Italian earthquakes.
Nevertheless, some of the information available for Italian earthquakes
may not be readily available for all Mediterranean earthquakes.

General information on the adopted method of historical research and on

the structure and contents of the Catalogue is given in a series of articles
published in a special issue of ANNALI DI GEOFISICA (vol.43, N. 4,
August 2000) along with CFTI3 (Boschi et al., 2000). Although there
have been significant advancements since the year 2000, these articles
describe satisfactorily the main research issues, most of which are still
the object of scientific debate.
Following is a list of these articles:

A «new generation» earthquake catalogue

Enzo Boschi
Method of investigation, typology and taxonomy of the basic data: navigating between se
Emanuela Guidoboni
The effects of earthquakes in historical cities: the peculiarity of the italian case
Emanuela Guidoboni and Graziano Ferrari
Historical variables of seismic effects: economic levels, demographic scales and building
Emanuela Guidoboni and Graziano Ferrari
Seismic scenarios and assessment of intensity: some criteria for the use of the MCS scale
Graziano Ferrari and Emanuela Guidoboni
Reducing the subjectivity of the intensity estimates: the Fuzzy Set approach
Gianfranco Vannucci, Paolo Gasperini and Graziano Ferrari
Deriving numerical estimates from descriptive information: the computation of earthquak
Paolo Gasperini and Graziano Ferrari
Earthquake effects on the environment: from historical descriptions to thematic cartogra
Gianluca Valensise and Emanuela Guidoboni
From earthquake intensities to earthquake sources: extending the contribution of historic
Paolo Gasperini and Gianluca Valensise
«Unknown» earthquakes: a growing contribution to the Catalogue of Strong Italian Earth
Dante Mariotti, Alberto Comastri and Emanuela Guidoboni
Towards new research strategies: silent seismogenetic areas or silent sources?
Gianluca Valensise and Emanuela Guidoboni
Introduction to appendices
Appendix A
Earthquake of 30 April 1279, Umbria-Marche Apennines
Appendix B
Earthquakes of 27 March and 8 June 1638
Earthquakes parameters and epicentral maps by historical period

References

Boschi, E., G. Ferrari, P. Gasperini, E. Guidoboni, G. Smriglio and G.

Valensise (eds) (1995). Catalogo dei Forti Terremoti in Italia dal 461
 a.C. al 1980 (ING, Roma - SGA, Bologna), pp. 973, with database on
CD-ROM (CFTI1).

Boschi, E., E. Guidoboni, G. Ferrari, G. Valensise and P. Gasperini (eds)

(1997). Catalogo dei Forti Terremoti in Italia dal 461 A.C. al 1990
(ING, Roma - SGA, Bologna), pp. 644, with database on CD-ROM
(CFTI2).

Boschi, E., E. Guidoboni, G. Ferrari, D. Mariotti, G. Valensise and P.

Gasperini (eds) (2000). Catalogue of Strong Italian Earthquakes, Ann.
Geofis., 43 (4), pp. 268, with database on CD-ROM (CFTI3).

CPTI Working Group (2004). Catalogo Parametrico dei Terremoti Italiani,

version 2004 (CPTI04). INGV, Milan, available from
http://emidius.mi.ingv.it/CPTI/.

Guidoboni, E., A. Comastri and G. Traina (1994). Catalogue of Ancient

Earthquakes in the Mediterranean area up to the 10th century, vol. 1,
ING-SGA, Bologna 1994, 504 pp.

Guidoboni, E., and A. Comastri (2005). Catalogue of Earthquakes and

Tsunamis in the Mediterranean area from the 11th to the 15th
century, vol. 2, INGV-SGA, Bologna 2005, 1037 pp.

Disclaimer
This Catalogue was designed as "work in progress", and as such it is
open to later additions and improvements. For these reasons and due to
its intrinsic nature, the Catalogue cannot be guaranteed to be complete,
accurate and updated in any part, and will be subjected to successive
revisions. Although the authors of the Catalogue make every effort to
supply the best available information on the historical earthquakes
contained in it, no warranty, expressed or implied, is provided as to the
accuracy and reliability of all the data supplied. Conclusions drawn from
this Catalogue, or actions undertaken on the basis of its contents, are
the sole responsibility of the user.

For further information the reader may proceed to the Catalogue and
consult the accompanying materials, or refer to the papers contained in
 Boschi et. al (2000); for the Mediterranean area the reader may refer to
the Introduction to the volume by Guidoboni (1994) and Guidoboni and
Comastri (2005).

Credits: Catalogue contents

Project layout:
Emanuela Guidoboni, Graziano Ferrari, Gianluca Valensise

Coordination of historical investigations and elaborations:

Emanuela Guidoboni

Main collaborators:
- for the Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Alberto Comastri, Cecilia
Ciuccarelli and Marco Pistoresi
- for the Modern and Contemporary era: Dante Mariotti, Martino
Ferrarese, Roberto Benedetti and Maria Luisa De Simone

Logic structure of basic data and elaborations:

Graziano Ferrari and Emanuela Guidoboni

Investigations of historical toponymy:

Dante Mariotti and Gabriele Tarabusi

Interpretation of damage data and intensity assessment:

Dante Mariotti, Graziano Ferrari, Alberto Comastri and Emanuela
Guidoboni

Geo-referencing:
Dante Mariotti, Gabriele Tarabusi and Maria Giovanna Bianchi

Earthquake parameterization:
Graziano Ferrari and Gabriele Tarabusi

How to cite the Catalogue:

Guidoboni E., G. Ferrari, D.Mariotti, A.Comastri, G.Tarabusi and
G.Valensise 2007 - CFTI4Med, Catalogue of Strong Earthquakes
in Italy (461 B.C.-1997) and Mediterranean Area (760 B.C.-
1500). INGV-SGA. Available from http://storing.ingv.it/cfti4med/

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