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Caputo & Faita 1982
Caputo, M. and Faita, G.F. (1982). Statistical Analysis of Tsunamis of the Italian Coasts. Journal of Geophysical Research 87: doi: 10.1029/JC087iC01p00601. issn: 0148-0227.

A study of a catalog of 138 tsunamis of the Italian coasts has been made. Intensitities of 106 tsunamis has been assigned and cataloged. The statistical analysis of this data fits a density distribution of the form log n = 3.00-0.425 I, where n is the number of tsunamis of intensity I per thousand years.

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