Earthquakes in Refrancore
No epicentres recorded in Refrancore in our archive. Here is the seismicity of the area and its surroundings.
Seismic activity in the surroundings
30 km radiusINGV catalogue epicentres of the last ~12 years, within the given radius from the town centre.
How seismic is this area?
The quietest class: the probability of strong earthquakes is very low.
Official Civil Protection classification (upd. 2025), used for building codes.
Hazard describes the long-term expected shaking: it is not a forecast. Technical value: ag = 0.043 g (10% probability of exceedance in 50 years, rigid soil).
Why the ground rarely shakes here
Refrancore sits in one of the most stable areas of Italy: far from the boundary between the Eurasian and African plates, on ancient, rigid crust that hardly accumulates tectonic stress any more.
That is why earthquakes here are rare and almost always weak: a small geological privilege.
The “area” is Refrancore plus nearby towns.
The seismic history of Refrancore
The earthquakes that were actually felt in Refrancore over the centuries, with the intensity observed on site (Mercalli MCS scale).
- 2000VI21 August 2000
Strong: felt by everyone, many get scared; objects fall, first light damage to buildings.
Monferrato earthquake (M4.9), epicentre 3 km away
- 1887VI23 February 1887
Strong: felt by everyone, many get scared; objects fall, first light damage to buildings.
Liguria occidentale earthquake (M6.3), epicentre 118 km away
Source: Italian Macroseismic Database DBMI15 (INGV, CC BY 4.0).
The great earthquakes in this area's history
Almost a thousand years of catalogues: the strongest documented events within ~50 km.
Source: Parametric Catalogue of Italian Earthquakes CPTI15 (INGV, CC BY 4.0).
The closest seismic structure
The town lies about 20 km from Western Monferrato, one of the seismic structures mapped by INGV geologists.
Faults are mapped to build better and understand the territory: knowing them says nothing about when an earthquake will occur, which remains unpredictable. Source: DISS 3.3 (INGV, CC BY 4.0).
Area over time
Earthquake map
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Nearby towns
How does it compare with the surroundings?
Refrancore is among the quietest towns of its province: very few epicentres are recorded here.
Each quake is attributed to the town closest to its epicentre: the numbers describe the area, not the municipal territory alone.
Context
Province of Asti0 events · 30gPiedmont region36 events · 30gFrequently asked questions
Were there earthquakes today in Refrancore?
No, no quakes were recorded today in the Refrancore area.
Is Refrancore a seismic area?
Refrancore is classified in seismic zone 4 by the Civil Protection. The quietest class: the probability of strong earthquakes is very low.
What was the strongest earthquake near Refrancore?
In the last ~12 years of INGV data, the strongest within 30 km of Refrancore was magnitude 3.0, in 2020.
When was the last quake near Refrancore?
The last quake recorded within 30 km of Refrancore was 17 months ago.
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Data: INGV — National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (CC-BY 4.0)