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The chapter introduces the major historical seismic events occurred in Italy and in the world. The main seismological and general information are listed for each seismic event (e.g. magnitude, fault type, etc.).
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Cimellaro, G.P., Marasco, S. (2018). Major Seismic Events That Occurred in Italy and in the World. In: Introduction to Dynamics of Structures and Earthquake Engineering. Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering, vol 45. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72541-3_9
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