Earthquakes in Borgo Ticino
No epicentres recorded in Borgo Ticino 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 ~11 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 = 0.038 g (10% probability of exceedance in 50 years, rigid soil).
Why the ground rarely shakes here
Borgo Ticino 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 Borgo Ticino plus nearby towns.
The seismic history of Borgo Ticino
The earthquakes that were actually felt in Borgo Ticino over the centuries, with the intensity observed on site (Mercalli MCS scale).
- 2000IV21 August 2000
Moderate: felt by many indoors; glasses and dishes rattle.
Monferrato earthquake (M4.9), epicentre 89 km away
- 1908NF24 May 1908
Imperceptible: only instruments record it.
Piemonte centro-settentrionale earthquake (M4.1), epicentre 48 km away
- 1887IV-V23 February 1887
Rather strong: felt by almost everyone; hanging objects swing.
Liguria occidentale earthquake (M6.3), epicentre 206 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 59 km from Western S-Alps external thrust shallow-west, 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?
Borgo Ticino 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 Novara0 events · 30gPiedmont region34 events · 30gFrequently asked questions
Were there earthquakes today in Borgo Ticino?
No, no quakes were recorded today in the Borgo Ticino area.
Is Borgo Ticino a seismic area?
Borgo Ticino 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 Borgo Ticino?
In the last ~11 years of INGV data, the strongest within 30 km of Borgo Ticino was magnitude 1.9, in 2026.
When was the last quake near Borgo Ticino?
The last quake recorded within 30 km of Borgo Ticino was 12 days ago.
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Data: INGV — National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (CC-BY 4.0)