The Catalogue lists seismogenic sources subdivided into three major categories:

Sources from Geological/Geophysical Data (Type A sources) are the best quality sources and are shown in purple colour. For these sources all spatial, geometric and kinematic parametres are always specified.

Sources from Intensity Data at Higher Confidence Level (Type B sources) were obtained exclusively from the intensity data of an individual large earthquake (M equal or larger than 5.5) and are shown as oriented boxes.

Sources from Intensity Data at Lower Confidence Level (Type C sources) were also obtained from intensity data, but due to the limited information available they are shown simply as circles.

Sources are then selected: