Stay up-to-date on the latest earthquakes in Italy and view them on the map along with the active faults and the map of Italian seismic hazard.
Check the population involved (within 20 km from the epicenter), the distance from your home and the instrumental duration of the shocks.
Share on Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, or via email or SMS.
Search for earthquakes from the year 1000.
Always keep an eye on the widget with the map of the latest events (it may not work if the app is moved to SD).
See how seismic sequences took place.
New shock notification available and automatic update of the list when the application is not active.
Occasionally very strong earthquakes occurring in other parts of the world can also be included in the list but also detected by Italian instruments.
The data are taken from the site of the National Institute of Geophysics which publishes them at least 15/30 minutes after the shock.
Frequently asked questions
1) I do not receive notifications of new shocks: why?
More and more often we come across energy saving systems on Android phones that put applications in "hibernation". To receive the notifications correctly, you must prevent Terremoti Italia from ending up on the list of those to "fall asleep".
2) Why does not the widget work anymore?
You have probably moved the application to SD. Android does not allow app widgets to work on SD.
3) Sometimes notices arrive or arrive late.
If the application is moved to SD, there may be some disruption when the SD is dismounted.
4) When I open the map the application stops responding.
There are some Android devices on the market with a flaw in the Google map display software. If the problem also occurs with other applications it could be due to this.
For example, problems are encountered with Wiko with Android 4.2 and are resolved by upgrading to the next version of Android 4.4
5) Why is there a half-hour delay between the shock and the warning in the application?
There is a minimum delay with which the INGV publishes data. There are currently no faster sources. Sometimes the delay can also increase (1 hour); rarely decrease.
6) The application would be more useful if you gave the warning BEFORE the shock. It can be done?
It seems like a joke, but from time to time this question is asked (even in the comments to the app). Unfortunately, the scientific knowledge to date DO NOT ALLOW THE time and place of the shakes. In Italy we are at the forefront of research in this field and we know very well, however, which areas are most at risk where it must be built with due caution!
7) Why is the time shown different from that of the INGV site?
The time of the INGV site is that of Greenwich without daylight saving time. The application, instead, shows the correct time with the phone settings (+2 in Italy with daylight saving time).
8) Could a filter be added to the places of interest?
The localities are added by INGV technicians and it is said that they follow a well-defined convention: a distance-based filter is available and the distance of the shock is displayed.
9) Could you have a longer history?
The historian is based on data from the Italian Seismic Bulletin that dates back to 2002 and on a historical database with data up to the year 1000.
10) What do earthquakes of other nations have to do with it?
In some cases the INGV also includes these earthquakes, evidently because of considerable intensity and also detected by us.
11) When I open the map the app crashes.
There are some devices on the market with bad ROMs, on which the apps that use Google maps (except Google Maps) do not work.
One of these is the Mediacom 715 (first version),
12) In which scale is the magnitude expressed?
Richter scale
