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825 earthquakes of M >= 7
87 studies supplying the most reliable input datasets from the archive

The archive and catalogue were developed by an international consortium, comprising Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) and the British Geological Survey (BGS), in collaboration with experts from around the globe. Principal Investigators Paola Albini and Roger Musson led the effort, in collaboration with Augusto Antonio Gomez Caprera, Mario Locati, Andrea Rovida, Massimilliano Stucchi and Daniele Viganò, the core group of the experts who contributed. The project benefitted from the contributions from many scientists from around the globe. See below for a full list of contributors.

Publications:
- Albini, P., R. M. W. Musson, A. Rovida, M. Locati, A. A. Gomez Capera, D. Viganò (2014). The Global Earthquake History. Earthquake Spectra, 30(2): 607-624.

Contributors:
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William Bakun (Menlo Park)
Mine B. Demircioglu (Istanbul)
Julio Garcia Pelaez (Trieste)
Ron Harris (Provo, Utah)
Karin Sesetyan (Istanbul)
Gerardo Suarez (Mexico City)
Ruben Tatevossian (Moscow)
Özge Zülfikar (Istanbul)

The catalogue and archive also benefitted from the contributions of:

Rogelio Altez (Caracas), Reina Aranguren (Merida), Mario Araujo (San Juan), Monica Arcila (Bogotá), Maria Belen Benito (Madrid), Mario Bufaliza (San Juan), Eduardo Camacho (Panama), Tomas Chuy (Santiago de Cuba), Hernan Cifuentes Avendaño (Bogotá), Jim Cousins (Lower Hutt NZ), Domenico Di Giacomo (Thatcham, UK), Maria Cristina Dimaté Castellanos (Bogotá), Armando Espinosa Baquero (Armenia), Grupo de trabajo del Proyecto RESIS II, Ron Harris (Provo, Utah), Andrew King (Lower Hutt NZ), Walter Montero (Costarica), Christl Palme de Osechas (Merida), Adriana Perez (Merida), Paola Ramirez Carvallo, Wilfredo Rojas (Costarica), Elkin de Jesus Salcedo Hurtado (Cali), Ana Milena Sarabia Gomez (Bogota), Dmitry Storchak (Thatcham, UK), Gerardo Suarez (Mexico DF), Ruben Tatevossian (Moscow), Tania Tatevossian (Moscow), Hernando Tavera (Lima), Marco-Antonio Torres-Vera (Mexico DF), Wang Jian (Beijing).

Only by working together on a global scale can earthquake hazard and risk assessment advance, as critical input for decisions to mitigate and reduce earthquake risk. The Global Historical Earthquake Catalogue and Archive provide a global starting point for continuous improvement of seismicity both for science and concrete applications, especially in regional contexts.

The global historical earthquake archive is accessible at this link:
http://www.emidius.eu/GEH/

Publications:
- Albini, P., R. M. W. Musson, A. Rovida, M. Locati, A. A. Gomez Capera, D. Viganò (2014). The Global Earthquake History. Earthquake Spectra, 30(2): 607-624.