Catalogo delle Localizzazioni Relative (CARS)

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

Earthquakes Italian Seismicity


CARS (version 1.0) is a catalogue of the earthquakes that occurred in the Italian peninsula from 1981 to 2018. It is composed of about 319k hypocenters.

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Cite as

Michele M., Di Stefano R., Chiaraluce L., Castello B., Latorre D. (2026). Catalogo delle Localizzazioni Relative (CARS) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). https://doi.org/10.13127/cars1.0

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Field Value
Version 1.0
Dataset Identifier (DOI) 10.13127/cars1.0
Acronym CARS
Other Identifier OthId Identifier: ingv_1245
OthId Organization: INGV
Dataset Themes TECH
Publisher Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Release Date 01-01-2026
Modification Date 26-10-2026
Geographical Name Organizational Unit Responsible Competence Area
GeoNames URL Not available
Dataset Languages ITA
Temporal Coverage From 01-01-1981 until 31-12-2018
Rights holder Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
ROR 00qps9a02
IPA ingv
Update frequency never
Version Of Not available
Spatial extent {"type": "MultiPolygon","coordinates": [[[ [4.68,50.98], [20.35,50.98], [20.35,34.88], [4.68,34.88], [4.68,50.98] ]]]}
Author Not available
Class type Earthquakes Department
Seismological and infrasonic data (Earth and sea)

Contributing projects

  • RISE - Real-time Earthquake Risk Reduction for a Resilient Europe
    European Commission (EC) - H2020-SC5-2018-2019-2020
    [ 2019-09-01 ⇒ 2023-05-31 ]

Other contributors

  • MICHELE Maddalena (Researcher)
  • DI STEFANO Raffaele (Researcher)
  • CHIARALUCE Lauro (Researcher)
  • CASTELLO Barbara (Researcher)
  • LATORRE Diana (Researcher)

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