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The Italian Archive of Historical Earthquake Data, ASMI
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, via A. Corti 12, 20133 Milan, Italy
Mario Locati
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, via A. Corti 12, 20133 Milan, Italy
Andrea Antonucci
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, via A. Corti 12, 20133 Milan, Italy
Romano Camassi
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy
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ASMI, the Italian Archive of Historical Earthquake Data, is an online data collection that currently provides seismological data on earthquakes that occurred in and around Italy from from 461 BCE to 2025 CE. Based on more than 450 data sources, ASMI's web portal distributes earthquake parameters and macroseismic intensity data, along with the bibliographical reference of the data source and – if possible – the data source itself, through queries by both earthquake and data source.
ASMI, the Italian Archive of Historical Earthquake Data, is an online data collection that...
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