ingv:https://data.ingv.it/metadata/iso19115/1198.xml eng utf8 dataset Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - INGV ufficiogestionedati@ingv.it http://istituto.ingv.it/it/ufficio-gestione-dati pointOfContact 2026-03-31 Linee Guida RNDT 2.0 Catalogo Macrosismico dei Terremoti Etnei (CMTE) versione 2.0 Macroseismic Catalogue of Mt. Etna Earthquakes 2026 publication 2.0 ingv:https://doi.org/10.13127/cmte.2 Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - INGV ufficiogestionedati@ingv.it http://www.ingv.it owner Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - INGV ufficiogestionedati@ingv.it http://istituto.ingv.it/it/ufficio-gestione-dati resourceProvider Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - INGV ufficiogestionedati@ingv.it http://istituto.ingv.it/it/ufficio-gestione-dati publisher Azzaro, Raffaele Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) raffaele.azzaro@ingv.it https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8294-8687 ORCID author D\'Amico, Salvatore Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) salvatore.damico@ingv.it https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0027-5381 ORCID author ingv:https://doi.org/10.13127/cmte.2 The Macroseismic Catalogue of Etna Earthquakes (CMTE/Catalogo Macrosismico dei Terremoti Etnei, Azzaro et al., 2000) was compiled by drawing on the exceptionally large database of historical sources which, starting from the 17th century, have continuously documented the succession of seismic and volcanic phenomena at Mt. Etna. The analysis of this wealth of information - comprising more than 200 \'primary\' sources, including scientific studies, reports and bulletins - provides a comprehensive and consistent picture of Etna\'s seismicity over the last four centuries, in greater detail than that available at a national scale from the Italian Parametric Earthquake Catalogue (CPTI). The frequent seismic activity at Etna is mainly related to earthquake sequences and swarms that characterise different phases of volcanic activity, as well as to the activity of the numerous active faults that cross this heavily urbanized area. The CMTE (version 2), covering the period 1633-2026, includes 1875 earthquakes, comprising both mainshocks and aftershocks, of which 221 are above the damage threshold. The content of the catalogue is updated dynamically: previously included earthquakes may be revised and new events added as additional macroseismic studies become available. All modifications are recorded in the \"Updates\" section. Intensity data are available for all earthquakes according to the European Macroseismic Scale 1998 (EMS-98; Grünthal, 1998). Overall, the macroseismic archive contains 9293 site observations. Version 2.0 of the CMTE features several improvements. In addition to a redesigned graphic layout, new functions have been implemented, including enhanced data query and consultation tools, dynamic map visualization with pan and zoom capacities, export of seismic history graphs, and greater interactivity of the earthquake-effects data sheets, now displayed together with a dynamic map. Regarding earthquake parameters, the magnitude of historical earthquakes is now estimated by a new intensity–magnitude relationship (D’Amico et al., 2025), better calibrated on a large instrumental dataset of local magnitude values. Furthermore, earthquake depth classes have been redefined using updated criteria and are now divided into four seismogenic levels (s, d1, d2, d3). This classification contributes to a better estimate of the macroseismic magnitude for historical earthquakes. Each earthquake in the catalogue is reported with the following parameters: epicentral location and intensity, macroseismic magnitude, depth class and macroseismic data quality index. Whenever possible, the associated seismogenic structure is also indicated based on evidence of surface faulting (Azzaro, 1999; Azzaro, 2004). From 1970 onwards, when available, instrumental estimates of earthquake depth and magnitude (local or moment) are also reported. completed Azzaro, Raffaele Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - INGV raffaele.azzaro@ingv.it https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8294-8687 ORCID pointOfContact irregular https://data.ingv.it/dataset/cover/1198.jpg thumbnail image/jpeg EU open data Local Spatial scope 2019-05-22 publication Mt. Etna historical earthquake catalogue macroseismic data theme otherRestrictions Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) otherRestrictions no limitations to public access http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/licence/CC_BY unclassified 1000 ita utf8 Mt. Etna region Mt. Etna 14.78 15.23 37.50 37.90 1633-02-22 Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) ufficiogestionedati@ingv.it http://www.ingv.it distributor https://www.ct.ingv.it/macro/cmte WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link other homepage accessPoint dataset m 1 Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Publication This data set is conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services true The first step concerned the systematic research and analysis of all historical sources that report earthquakes in the Etna area. A large amount of information has been regularly collected since the mid 1800s, also during quiescent stages of the volcano's activity, and a homogeneous macroseismic dataset is therefore available for the last centuries. Quantity and quality of seismological data depends on the different kinds of available sources, which are more abundant in the 1870-1930 time-span than in the other periods. In all, about 400 sources have been used. Collected data were then analysed to assess intensity by using the European Macroseismic Scale 1998 (Grünthal, 1998). Finally, earthquake epicentres were calculated by using the code Boxer 4.0 (Gasperini et al., 2010), whereas the macroseismic magnitude obtained by the relationship by Azzaro et al. (2011).