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Since 1991, macroseismic data from the North East of Spain and the South of France have been compiled with the aim of producing an homogeneous seismic catalogue, useful for reliable seismic hazard studies. This compilation has been carried out firstly through a revision and critical comparison of existing catalogues, mainly those from the Instituto Geográfico Nacional (Spain) and BRGM-CEA-EDF (France); results from recent investigations on historical earthquakes have been incorporated to the catalogue; for the 20th century events, the original macroseismic questionnaires have been reanalysed. The publication of the catalogue corresponds to Volume 1 of the “Atlas Sísmic de Catalunya” which is composed of 918 individual records, one for each event, 58 of them corresponding to false or doubtful earthquakes. Moreover, the catalogue includes maps with the location of the epicentres and maps with the distribution of felt intensities for individual events.
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Susagna, T., Goula, X., Roca, A. (2001). A New Macroseismic Catalogue for Catalonia. In: Glade, T., Albini, P., Francés, F. (eds) The Use of Historical Data in Natural Hazard Assessments. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3490-5_5
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