Messina

Earthquakes near Messina, 2017–2026

From 2017 to October 19, 2026, USGS recorded 13 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more within 100 km of Messina, or 200 km for magnitude 7 and above. None reached magnitude 6: the strongest was a magnitude 5.1 on January 10, 2026 (19 km ESE of Weather Station, Italy).

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The last 30 days · as of

USGS recorded no earthquake of magnitude 4.5 or more within 100 km of Messina in the last 30 days.

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What the record holds

2 earthquakes here in these years are on NOAA’s list of significant earthquakes. 2026 had the most magnitude 4.5+ earthquakes: 4 of the 13. The latest on NOAA’s list is a magnitude 4.5 on March 4, 2026 (4 km ESE of Catania, Italy). NOAA lists 6 tsunamis that began within 100 km of Messina. The highest water NOAA records here was 1.3 m, on July 3, 2019. NOAA lists 8 significant eruptions of 2 volcanoes within 100 km of Messina. The largest was Stromboli on July 3, 2019, at 2 on the volcanic explosivity index. It killed one person by NOAA’s count.

The events

  • March 4, 2026Earthquake · M 4.54 km ESE of Catania, ItalyUSGS · NOAA NCEI
  • January 10, 2026Earthquake · M 5.119 km ESE of Weather Station, ItalyUSGS
  • July 3, 2019Eruption · VEI 2Stromboli · one death (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • July 3, 2019Tsunami · 1.3 m hereStromboli IslandNOAA NCEI
  • December 26, 2018Earthquake · M 5.01 km SSW of Lavinaio-Monterosso, ItalyUSGS · NOAA NCEI
  • December 26, 2018Eruption · VEI 2EtnaNOAA NCEI · Wikipedia

Good to know

  • An event counts for Messina when it began within 100 km of its centre, or 200 km for an earthquake of magnitude 7 or more. Damage can reach further.
  • USGS counts are its ComCat catalogue’s earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more, aftershocks included.
  • NOAA lists significant events only: earthquakes that killed, did about $1 million of damage, reached magnitude 7.5 or intensity X, or raised a tsunami, and eruptions and tsunamis by like measures. Magnitudes before 1900 are its estimates from written accounts.
  • Deaths are NOAA’s total for each event, wherever people died, its tsunami and fires included. A tsunami counts the dead its runup records give for this place: NOAA’s total for a tsunami includes its source quake’s.
  • A tsunami from elsewhere counts where one of its runups killed or rose a metre or more.
  • Counted to October 19, 2026, as is the map. The last 30 days ask USGS again.

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