SF3D, Seismogenic Faults in Three Dimensions

Type Dataset Class type Seismological and infrasonic data (Earth and sea)

Structural Geology Fault Three-Dimensional Model Triangular Mesh

Three-dimensional geometry of potential seismogenic faults based on various geological and geophysical data.

Data and Resources

This dataset has no data

Cite as

Basili R., Maesano F. E., Maffucci R., Buttinelli M., Taccone R. C., Vallone R., … Toscani G. (2026). SF3D, Seismogenic Faults in Three Dimensions (Version 1.0) [Data set]. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). https://doi.org/10.13127/sf3d1.0

Available data encoding formats json, geojson

Field	Value
Version	1.0
Dataset Identifier (DOI)	10.13127/sf3d1.0
Acronym	SF3D
Other Identifier	OthId Identifier: ingv_1179 OthId Organization: INGV
Dataset Themes	TECH
Publisher	Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Release Date	24-06-2026
Modification Date	26-06-2026
Geographical Name	Organizational Unit Responsible Competence Area
GeoNames URL	Not available
Dataset Languages	ITA
Temporal Coverage	Not available
Rights holder	Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) ROR 00qps9a02 IPA ingv
Update frequency	never
Version Of	Not available
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Authors	BASILI Roberto Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy
	MAESANO Francesco Emanuele Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy
	MAFFUCCI Roberta Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy
	BUTTINELLI Mauro Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy
	TACCONE Rita Chiara Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy
	VALLONE Roberto Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy
	BONINI Lorenzo University of Trieste (UniTS), Italy
	DE MATTEO Ada University of Pavia (UniPV), Italy
	GIANESE Andrea University of Trieste (UniTS), Italy
	TOSCANI Giovanni Centro inteRUniversitario per l'analisi SismoTettonica tridimensionale con applicazioni territoriali (CRUST), Italy
Class type	Earthquakes Department Seismological and infrasonic data (Earth and sea)

Contributing projects

PNRR MEET - Monitoring Earth's Evolution and Tectonics
Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca (MUR)
[ 2022-11-01 ⇒ 2026-06-30 ]
EPOS MUR
Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca (MUR)
[ 2011-11-29 ⇒ 2031-12-31 ]

Data schema

Standard OGC Web Feature Service (WFS)

SF3D v1.0 OGC WFS
https://services.seismofaults.eu/SF3D1.0/ows?service=WFS&request=getCapabilities

Linked documents

The dataset cites
- Feriozzi, F., Improta, L., Maesano, F. E., De Gori, P., Basili, R. (2024). The 3D Crustal Structure in the Epicentral Region of the 1980, Mw 6.9, Southern Apennines Earthquake (Southern Italy): New Constraints From the Integration of Seismic Exploration Data, Deep Wells, and Local Earthquake Tomography. Tectonics, 43(5). https://doi.org/10.1029/2023tc008056
- Maesano, F. E., Buttinelli, M., Maffucci, R., Toscani, G., Basili, R., Bonini, L., … Vannoli, P. (2023). Buried Alive: Imaging the 9 November 2022, Mw 5.5 Earthquake Source on the Offshore Adriatic Blind Thrust Front of the Northern Apennines (Italy). Geophysical Research Letters, 50(11). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022gl102299
- Maesano, F. E., Volpi, V., Civile, D., Basili, R., Conti, A., Tiberti, M. M., … Rossi, G. (2020). Active Extension in a Foreland Trapped Between Two Contractional Chains: The South Apulia Fault System (SAFS). Tectonics, 39(7). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020tc006116
- Maesano, Francesco Emanuele, Tiberti, M. M., Basili, R. (2020). Deformation and Fault Propagation at the Lateral Termination of a Subduction Zone: The Alfeo Fault System in the Calabrian Arc, Southern Italy. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00107
- Buttinelli, M., Petracchini, L., Maesano, F. E., D’Ambrogi, C., Scrocca, D., Marino, M., … Di Bucci, D. (2021). The impact of structural complexity, fault segmentation, and reactivation on seismotectonics: Constraints from the upper crust of the 2016–2017 Central Italy seismic sequence area. Tectonophysics, 810, 228861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2021.228861
- Burrato, P., Valensise, G. (2008). Rise and Fall of a Hypothesized Seismic Gap: Source Complexity in the Mw 7.0 16 December 1857 Southern Italy Earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 98(1), 139–148. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120070094

Linked datasets

The dataset has parts from
- DISS Working Group. (2025, March 28). Database of Individual Seismogenic Sources (DISS), version 3.3.1: A compilation of potential sources for earthquakes larger than M 5.5 in Italy and surrounding areas. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). https://doi.org/10.13127/diss3.3.1

Of the same group

Basili R., Kastelic V., Demircioglu Tumsa M. B., Garcia Moreno D., Nemser E. S., Petricca P., Sboras S. P., Besana-Ostman G. M., Cabral J., Camelbeeck T., Caputo R., Danciu L., Domaç H., Fonseca J. F. de B. D., García-Mayordomo J., Giardini D., Glavatovic B., Gulen L., Ince Y., … Wössner J. (2013). European Database of Seismogenic Faults (EDSF) [Data set]. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). https://doi.org/10.6092/ingv.it-share-edsf
Basili R., Danciu L., Beauval C., Sesetyan K., Vilanova S. P., Adamia S., Arroucau P., Atanackov J., Baize S., Canora C., Caputo R., Carafa M. M. C., Cushing E. M., Custódio S., Demircioglu Tumsa M. B., Duarte J. C., Ganas A., García-Mayordomo J., Gómez de la Peña L., … Zupančič P. (2022). European Fault-Source Model 2020 (EFSM20): online data on fault geometry and activity parameters [Data set]. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). https://doi.org/10.13127/efsm20
Basili R., Taccone R. C., Vallone R., Maesano F. E. (2024). European Fault-Source Model 2020 (EFSM20): 3D triangular meshes [Data set]. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). https://doi.org/10.13127/efsm20/meshes
Basili R., Tiberti M. M. (2025). Global Dip (G-DIP 1.0): a collection of earthquake fault dip angles (Version 1.0) [Data set]. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). https://doi.org/10.13127/gdip1.0