DOI: 10.13127/tsunami/emtc.2.0
title: Euro-Mediterranean Tsunami Catalogue (EMTC), version 2.0
title: Catalogo degli tsunami Euro-Mediterranei (EMTC), versione 2.0
title: EMTC

description: The Catalogue of Euro-Mediterranean Tsunamis (EMTC2.0), realized in ArcGis online, contains 293 tsunamis and is the updated version of EMTC published in 2014. 
The Italian section of the database was revised in order to implement the new database of tsunami effects along the Italian coasts (ITED). In order to improve the quality of the data, all the Italian tsunamis of seismic origin have been linked to the Parametric Catalogue of Italian Earthquakes (CPTI15) adopted as the reference earthquake catalogue.
In the EMTC2.0 two new tsunami events were added, more information enriched the knowledge on the tsunamis present in the Italian section and, accordingly to the new achieved info, some tsunami parameters, such as the reliability, intensity, generating cause, etc. have changed. 
ITED and EMTCv2  are interconnected and they can be accessed through a purpose-built WebApp that allows the user to easily switch from one database to another.  EMTC is interoperable with the database of the Italian Macroseismic Historical Archive (ASMI).
description: Il Catalogo degli tsunami Euro-Mediterranei (EMTC2.0), realizzato in ArcGis online, contiene 293 tsunami ed è la versione aggiornata dell'EMTC pubblicata nel 2014. 
La sezione italiana del database è stata rivista per implementare il nuovo database degli effetti degli tsunami lungo le coste italiane (ITED). Al fine di migliorare la qualità dei dati, tutti gli tsunami italiani di origine sismica sono stati collegati al Catalogo Parametrico dei Terremoti Italiani (CPTI15) adottato come catalogo sismico di riferimento.
Nell'EMTC2.0 sono stati aggiunti due nuovi tsunami, ulteriori informazioni bibliografiche sono state aggiunte e, in base alle nuove informazioni ottenute, sono cambiati alcuni parametri dello tsunami, come l'affidabilità, l'intensità, la causa generatrice, ecc. 
ITED ed EMTCv2 sono interconnessi e sono accessibili attraverso una WebApp appositamente costruita che permette all'utente di passare facilmente da un database all'altro.  L'EMTC è interoperabile con il database dell'Archivio Storico Macrosismico Italiano (ASMI).
description: The EMTC is the result of a systematic revision of several regional tsunami catalogues, characterized by different formats and levels of accuracy, covering the Euro-Mediterranean area. Each tsunami event has been revised, applying uniform criteria to evaluate the sources and to parameterize the data in order to establish a standard format and structure.
The analysis of the bibliographical sources was essential to get information on the generating cause, on the accuracy of the tsunami description and on the quality of the sources themselves, in order to ascertain if the event was worthy of being included in the EMTC. The EMTC reports, for each tsunami, information on the main parameters of the event (date, region, subregion, reliability, tsunami intensity, run-up) and of the generating cause (i.e. geographical coordinates, earthquake magnitude, intensity, focal depth, etc.) as well as detailed descriptions of the tsunami effects in the affected localities, with the related bibliographical references. Based on the available descriptions, tsunami intensity was assigned to each event.