AMIATA-DS - A dataset with microseismicity from Mount Amiata area

Type Data Collection Class type Dati Sismologici e Infrasonici (terrestri e marini)

Machine Learning Big Data Seismic Event Detection Ground Motion Estimation Analysis Benchmarking Seismic Tomography


The Amiata DS (dataset) is a collection of waveforms and associated parameters (metadata) related to 1515 events that occurred in the Mount Amiata area (Tuscany, Central Italy) between March 2016 and December 2020. The earthquakes have local magnitude -0.2≤ML≤3.6. Most of the data have been recorded by 12 stations (velocimeters) of a local, temporary network deployed in the area by INGV, with interstation distances ranging between 3km and 21km. Data is complemented by the registrations of other 15 stations of the Italian National Seismic Network (IV) installed farther away.

The dataset has been designed to train Machine Learning algorithms that can process waveforms and metadata. However, its reduced dimension makes it more appropriate for applications such as transfer learning, i.e., improving the performance of already trained ML models. The dataset is organized to be readily accessed by the Seisbench API (Woollam et al., 2022).

The dataset numbers: 1515 earthquakes with -0.2≤ML≤3.6 13721, 3-component waveforms in counts 72 metadata for each 3-component waveform, providing information about the station, trace, source, path and quality 12 stations of a local, temporary network + 15 stations of the Italian National Seismic Network

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Cite as

Gaviano S., Michelini A., Cianetti S., Giunchi C., Jozinović D., Lauciani V., Biagini D., Bruni R., Capello M., D'Ambrosio M., Piccinini D., Saccorotti G. (2023). AMIATA-DS - A dataset with microseismicity from Mount Amiata area. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). https://doi.org/10.13127/ai/amiata-ds

Available data encoding formats hdf5 csv

Field Value
Dataset Identifier (DOI) 10.13127/ai/amiata-ds
Acronym AMIATA-DS
Other Identifier OthId Identifier: ingv_948
OthId Organization: INGV
Dataset Themes TECH
Publisher Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Release Date 2023-11
Modification Date 22-11-2023
Geographical Name Organizational Unit Responsible Competence Area
GeoNames URL Not available
Dataset Languages ITA
Temporal Coverage From 01-03-2016 until 31-12-2020
Rights holder Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
ROR 00qps9a02
IPA ingv
Update frequency never
Version Of Not available
Spatial extent {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[12.07,42.52],[12.07,43.18],[11.04,43.18],[11.04,42.52],[12.07,42.52]]]}
Authors GAVIANO Sonja
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy
MICHELINI Alberto
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy
CIANETTI Spina
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy
GIUNCHI Carlo
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy
JOZINOVIć Dario
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy
LAUCIANI Valentino
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy
BIAGINI Damiano
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy
BRUNI Rebecca
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy
CAPELLO Marco
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy
D'AMBROSIO Michele
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy
PICCININI Davide
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy
SACCOROTTI Gilberto
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy

Other contributors

  • GAVIANO Sonja (Data Manager)
  • GIUNCHI Carlo (Project Leader)
  • FIASCHI Andrea (Data Collector)

Contributing projects

  • Pianeta Dinamico: Geoscienze per la comprensione dei meccanismi di funzionamento della Terra e dei conseguenti rischi naturali
    Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca (MUR)
    [ 2019-01-01 ⇒ 2029-12-31 ]

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