A compilation of potential sources for earthquakes larger than M 5.5 in Italy and surrounding areas
Documentation
The "Database of Individual Seismogenic Sources" was conceived in the late '90s by a group of scientists of Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia. The Database has since been greatly improved through successive releases. Database updates are irregular and can be expected to appear approximately once in a few years. Users will be notified of any further versions through this website. Join our community to stay updated.
DISS changes over time
DISS version 2
March 2025
Version 3.3.1
(read more and download...). This version of DISS was completed in March 2025 as a planned update.
March 2025
December 2021
Version 3.3.0
(read more and download...). This version of DISS was completed in December 2021 as a planned update dedicated to the 2020 update of the European Seismic Hazard Model map of Europe (ESHM20).
July 2018
Version 3.2.1
(read more and download...). This version of DISS was completed in early July 2016 as one of the input datasets of Italy’s Seismic Hazard Map MPS19. Its use was initially restricted to participants in the MPS19 program until the public release of the Database in April 2018.
July 2018
2018
Joining EPOS Italia
The database is included as a service product of the EPOS Italia Joint Research Unit, a national initiative within the framework of EPOS ERIC supported by the Italian Ministry for University and Research.
2013
Release of the European Database of Seismogenic Faults
This database was one of the outcomes of SHARE (Seismic Hazard Harmonization in Europe), a research project funded by the European Community.
July 2010
Version 3.1.1
(read more and download...) released as the final contribution to the project "Analysis of the seismic potential in Italy for the evaluation of the seismic hazard", funded by the Italian Department of Civil Protection.
July 2010
June 2009
Version 3.1.0
(read more and download...) released as a contribution to the project "Analysis of the seismic potential in Italy for the evaluation of the seismic hazard", funded by the Italian Department of Civil Protection.
July and October 2007
Version 3.0.3 and 3.0.4
(read more and download...) released as a contribution to the project "Assessing the seismogenic potential and the probability of large earthquakes in Italy", funded by the Italian Department of Civil Protection.
July and October 2007
September 2006
Version 3.0.2
(read more and download...) released, which includes a substantial extension of the database to the Mediterranean area.
April 2006
Version 3.0.1 goes on Google Earth®
DISS takes advantage of the free software Google Earth to facilitate its users and expand its capabilities in disseminating data.
April 2006
November 2005
Version 3.0.1
(read more and download...), a stable version of the database both as a standalone application and as an online cartographic interface.
May 2005
Version 3.0.0 released as a standalone application
a MapInfo® desktop GIS application that shares the same data and the same structure as its web counterpart.
May 2005
January 2005
Version 3.0.0 released on the web
(read more and download...), an Internet-based GIS application especially developed by IMteam. DISS 3.0.0 has an entirely new architecture and includes a substantial amount of new data structures and new information with respect to Version 2.0.
September 2004
The new DISS (which is now the acronym of Database of Individual Seismogenic Sources) was presented as Version 3.0
XXIX General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission in Potsdam, Germany.
September 2004
October 2002
Release of the Database of Potential Sources for Earthquakes Larger than M 5.5 in Europe
The database was one of the outcomes of Faust (Faults as a Seismologists’ Tool), a research project funded by the European Community.
July 2001
DISS version 2.0
This version of the Database was the first to be expressly designed for widespread distribution to scientists, professionals and the general public. It was published in a special issue of Annals of Geophysics (Valensise and Pantosti, 2001). The volume included explanations on the database structure, an operating manual and the full database on a CD-ROM (read more and download...).
July 2001
July 2000
DISS version 1.0
A standalone MapInfo® application released for circulation within INGV and a few selected institutions. DISS’ structure was developed jointly by INGV scientists and by IMteam, a software consulting firm based in Bergamo.
