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October 2016 Central Italy earthquakes

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This article documents a recent series of earthquakes. Information regarding it may change rapidly as more information becomes available; news reports and other primary sources may be unreliable. The last updates to this article may not reflect the most current information about this series of earthquakes for all areas.

It has been suggested that this article be merged with 2016 Central Italy earthquake and August 2016 Central Italy earthquake. (Discuss) Proposed since October 2016.

October 2016 Central Italy earthquakes
Shakemap for the October 30 quake
Show map of ItalyShow map of MarcheShow all
Date	26 October and 30 October 2016
Magnitude	5.5, 6.1, and 6.6
Depth	10.0 km (6.2 mi)
Areas affected	Italy
Max. intensity	VI (Strong) and IX (Violent)
Casualties	1 death^[1] Dozens injured^[2] ≈ 100,000 homeless^[3]

A series of major earthquakes struck Central Italy between the Marche and Umbria regions in October 2016. The third quake on October 30 was the largest in Italy in 36 years, since the 1980 Irpinia earthquake.^[4]

Earthquakes

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck 8 km (5 mi) east southeast of Sellano on 26 October at 19:11 local time (17:11 UTC)^[5] at a depth of 10 km (6 mi).^[6] The earthquake was also felt in the city of Rome.^[5] In the region of Marche some houses collapsed, Italian media reported. There were also power failures and the telephone lines were interrupted.^[7]
A magnitude 6.1 intraplate earthquake struck 3 km (2 mi) west of Visso on 26 October at 21:18 local time (19:18 UTC). The earthquake, which occurred two months after a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in August, struck about 30 km (20 mi) to the northwest of the August earthquake's epicenter.^[8] The civil protection, however, estimated the consequences less dramatically than feared. According to official data, a man died because he had suffered a heart attack as a result of the quake.^[9]
A third large, shallow earthquake of USGS preliminary magnitude 6.6 struck 6 km (4 mi) north of Norcia at 07:40 local time (06:40 UTC) on 30 October.^[10] Early news and social media reports showed heavy damage to some structures. The village of Arquata del Tronto was destroyed^[11] as well as the Basilica of Saint Benedict in Norcia.^[12]

Shocks

Date / time (UTC)	Magnitude	Type	Depth Hypocenter	Epicenter
Date / time (UTC)	Magnitude	Type	Depth Hypocenter	Location	Latitude	Longitude
2016-10-26 17:10:36	5.4	Mw	8.7 km	Macerata	42.8802	13.1275
2016-10-26 19:18:05	5.9	Mw	7.5 km	Macerata	42.9087	13.1288
2016-10-26 21:42:01	4.5	Mw	9.5 km	Macerata	42.8612	13.1283
2016-10-30 06:40:17	6.5	Mw	9.4 km	Perugia	42.84	13.11
2016-10-30 06:44:30	4.6	ML	10.0 km	Perugia	42.8507	13.0715
2016-10-30 07:13:05	4.5	ML	10.8 km	Rieti	42.6982	13.2347
2016-10-30 12:07:00	4.6	ML	9.7 km	Perugia	42.8445	13.0775
2016-10-30 13:34:54	4.5	ML	9.2 km	Perugia	42.8033	13.1653

(Source: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia)

Magnitude of October 2016 Central Italy earthquakes.

Geology

The quakes occurred in a seismic gap which is located between the areas hit by the 2016 August earthquake and the one in Umbria and Marche of 1997. In that gap no strong earthquake happened for more than 100 years^[13] until 2016.
As the process of faulting along the chain of the Apennine Mountains is a relatively recent one in geological terms, starting 500,000 years ago, the faults are more irregular, so more shaking occurs due to foreshocks according to seismologist Ross Stein from Stanford University. In this case the destructive shock on 26 October was preceded by the foreshock by two hours, causing people to leave their homes and be safer when the larger shock occurred.^[14]^[15]

Comparisons with August 2016 earthquake

The map to the left is dated 27 October, before the biggest shock of 30 October.

Earthquakes from August 2016 Central Italy earthquake.

References

"Ein Toter nach schweren Erdbeben in Italien". t-online.de. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

Ross Stein; Volkan Sevilgen (26 October 2016). "Italy Earthquakes: Second damaging shock rips north from Amatrice". Temblor.net. Retrieved 30 October 2016.

External links

Earthquake in Italy on Earthquake Report Website

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Il terremoto delle 7,40: una ventina di feriti, 28mila gli sfollati

Terremoto di 6,5 tra Norcia e Preci. Mai così forte dall'80. Nessuna vittima. "Si temono 100mila sfollati"

Dewan, Angela; Blau, Max. "Italy earthquake: 6.6-magnitude tremor rocks nation's center". CNN. Retrieved 2016-10-30.

Nachrichtenfernsehen, n-tv. "Stärke von 5,4 auf der Richterskala: Starkes Erdbeben erschüttert Mittelitalien". n-tv.de. Retrieved 2016-10-26.

"M5.5 - 8km ESE of Sellano, Italy". United States Geological Survey. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.

Switzerland, St. Galler Tagblatt AG. "Schweres Erdbeben in Mittelitalien – Ausmass unklar". St. Galler Tagblatt Online (in German). Retrieved 2016-10-26.

"M6.1 - 2km NNW of Visso, Italy". United States Geological Survey. 2016-10-26. Retrieved 26 October 2016.

"Ein Toter nach schweren Erdbeben in Mittelitalien". www.t-online.de. Retrieved 2016-10-27.

"M6.6 - 6km N of Norcia, Italy". United States Geological Survey. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.

"Terremoto, Arquata del Tronto non esiste più" (in Italian). Il Messagero. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.

"Italy earthquake: 6.6 magnitude shock felt in Rome". The Guardian. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.

since there is that 1879 quake in the map, not more offside than the actual quake its safer to say so, instead telling the 157 years from source spiegel.de

Germany, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg. "Erdbeben in Italien: Ein geologischer Zufall rettete Tausende".

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