Guidoboni E., Ferrari G., Mariotti D., Comastri A., Tarabusi G., Valensise G. (2007), CFTI4Med, Catalogue of Strong Earthquakes in Italy (461 B.C.-1997) and the Mediterranean Area (760 B.C.-1500).

Guidoboni E., Ferrari G., Mariotti D., Comastri A., Tarabusi G., Valensise G. (2007), CFTI4Med, Catalogue of Strong Earthquakes in Italy (461 B.C.-1997) and the Mediterranean Area (760 B.C.-1500).

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Abstract

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 CFTI4 containes 1,739 earthquakes, 482 of which occurred outside of Italy, 42,607 effects by individual locality and 46,763 quality assessed references.
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.