Towards new insights into seismic hazard of the Salento peninsula (Apulia, Southern Italy) from the analysis of far and near field seismicity

The Salento peninsula (Puglia, southern Italy) has been generally considered lmost aseismic, but it has been bit by some high energy earthquakes over the last centuries_ he strong earthquake affecting the Salento peninsula is represented by the Febroary 20, 1743 arthquake Va=IX, Mw =7.1, Rovida et al., 2011), which caused severe damage in the Salento rea. Moreover the Salento has been damaged by the strongest earthquakes occum:d in Northem pulia, Southem Apennines, Adriatic and lonian sea, Albania and Greece that also triggered ignificant environmental effects. The purpose of this study is opening new insights into the seismicity of SaJento, through the nalysis of far and near field seismicity, far providing a more realistic assessment of its seismic azard.