No specific geological and seismological studies exist to date concerning the 
identification and characterization of the seismogenic potential of the Alpago 
Source. Information on the location and geometry of this source, causative fault 
of the Me=6.3 1873 Alpago earthquake, can be obtained also from several papers 
dealing with the neotectonic evolution of the Friuli and Veneto region. 
Additional information on the associated earthquake may be retrieved from the 
"Catalogue of Strong Italian Earthquakes, 461 b.C. to 1990" (Boschi et al., 
1997), also available from http://www.ingv.it/.

Gentile et al. (1985).
These workers draw the macroseismic field of the 1873 earthquake and suggests 
that the maximum observed intensities (I=X) can be explained with local 
amplification effects.

Peruzza et al. (1989).
This paper evaluates all the available seismological and geological 
information (historical and instrumental seismicity, as well as that 
concerning tectonic structures) to make reasonable hypotheses on 
seismogenic processes of the Alpago-Cansiglio area. As regards the June 29, 
1873 earthquake the authors hypothesise that the strong ground effects 
associated with the main shock, may be due to a shallow hypocenter, with focal 
depth no greater than 5 km. They also observe that the macroseismic epicenter 
falls very close to the intersection between the Mt. Cornetto fault system and 
the Periadriatic overthrust, and suggested by a correlation with those 
tectonic structures.
