Annex D

The Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) is part of the National Civil Protection Service and provides in accordance with legal requirements basic hazard data and knowledge and monitors volcanoes and earthquakes. It is not the task of INGV to develop risk analysis and assess vulnerabilities in respect to the population. The Seismic law has established the zones to be studied carefully and education has been introduced for engineers on how to conduct seismic stress studies for buildings. In Italy there are no well defined seismogenic structures as in some other parts of the world where these can be closely linked to the interfaces between the continental plates. INGV is responsible for the National Earthquake Centre, yearly funded by DPC, which can give DPC precise information within 2 minutes on the location and magnitude of seismic activity based on a well-meshed and dense seismometric network for providing real-time information on the occurrence of incidents.

OECD Reviews of Risk Management Policies: Italy 2010: Review of the Italian National Civil Protection System

Annex D

Presentation of INGV, RELUIS and the EUCENTRE