Table 1 Structure of the historical-critical comments supplied for every earthquake sequence listed in the CFTI5Med.
Area 1. Main features of the earthquake sequence | 1.1. Chronological parameters | Complete chronology of all shocks for which memory is preserved. |
Area 2. State of review | 2.1. State of earthquake review | A description of the quality level of the revision made and of the main types of basic data used, either bibliographic or archival. |
2.2. Development of earthquake review | A section highlighting specific research problems, successful and unsuccessful archival selections made, and data typologies. | |
Area 3. Social and institutional response | 3.1. Elements of local demography | Data on the population of the areas hit by the earthquake, to be used to evaluate the social impact of the event. |
3.2. Characteristics of the local building styles | Main elements of the building heritage: materials used, building techniques and state of preservation of the building stock. | |
3.3. Administrative/historical affiliations and boundaries | Main elements of the administrative hierarchies, which may affect the effectiveness of the institutional response. | |
3.4. Social and economic response | A summary of the immediate circumstances exerting the greatest effects on the economic context. | |
3.5. Institutional and administrative response | Main institutional and administrative dynamics characterising the post-earthquake stage; projects for moving sites, tax exemptions. | |
3.6. Reconstructions, relocations | Main elements characterising the stage of reconstruction; decisions to rebuild elsewhere, timing, quality of the interventions | |
Area 4. Scientific observations and theories | 4.1. Scientific observations and theories | A summary of interpretations of the earthquake expressed by contemporary philosophers, naturalists and seismologists |
4.2. Technical/scientific observations and surveys | A summary of indications from expert reports on technical assessments of damage; scientific context of the earthquake. | |
Area 5. Earthquake effects on the built environment | 5.1. Major earthquake effects | Summary of the main tremors, of the most damaged sites, of the extent of the area struck by the earthquake, and of the typology of the most significant damage |
5.2. Concurrent natural and man-induced destructive events | Indications of the concomitance with other natural events (e.g. cascading events) that may have altered the perception of the earthquake impact | |
5.3 Effects on the built environment by individual locality | A summary of the effects for each identified locality, supplied along with the relevant bibliographical references. | |
Area 6. Earthquake effects on the natural environment | 6.1 Characteristics of the effects on the natural environment | Brief description of the effects of the earthquake on the natural environment, if reported. |
6.2 Associated natural phenomena | Indications on any phenomena associated with the earthquake; unusual animal behaviour, light phenomena, electromagnetic variations etc. | |
6.3 Effects on the natural environment by individual locality | Brief description of the effects of the earthquake on the natural environment at the given locality. | |
Area 7. Bibliography | For every investigated sequence, CFTI5Med provides the relevant bibliography in an organised form. Each available witness has been filed individually to allow it to be easily retrieved. See the following section for further details on how the database deals with the supporting bibliography. |
