Articles | Volume 22, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-3787-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-3787-2022
Brief communication
 | 
23 Nov 2022
Brief communication |  | 23 Nov 2022

Brief communication: The crucial assessment of possible significant vertical movements preceding the 28 December 1908, Mw = 7.1, Messina Straits earthquake

Nicola Alessandro Pino

Related subject area

Earthquake Hazards
Risk-informed representative earthquake scenarios for Valparaíso and Viña del Mar, Chile
Hugo Rosero-Velásquez, Mauricio Monsalve, Juan Camilo Gómez Zapata, Elisa Ferrario, Alan Poulos, Juan Carlos de la Llera, and Daniel Straub
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 2667–2687, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-2667-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-2667-2024, 2024
Short summary
Harmonizing seismicity information in Central Asian countries: earthquake catalogue and active faults
Valerio Poggi, Stefano Parolai, Natalya Silacheva, Anatoly Ischuk, Kanatbek Abdrakhmatov, Zainalobudin Kobuliev, Vakhitkhan Ismailov, Roman Ibragimov, Japar Karaev, Paola Ceresa, and Paolo Bazzurro
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 2597–2613, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-2597-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-2597-2024, 2024
Short summary
Comparing components for seismic risk modelling using data from the 2019 Le Teil (France) earthquake
Konstantinos Trevlopoulos, Pierre Gehl, Caterina Negulescu, Helen Crowley, and Laurentiu Danciu
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 2383–2401, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-2383-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-2383-2024, 2024
Short summary
Modelling seismic ground motion and its uncertainty in different tectonic contexts: challenges and application to the 2020 European Seismic Hazard Model (ESHM20)
Graeme Weatherill, Sreeram Reddy Kotha, Laurentiu Danciu, Susana Vilanova, and Fabrice Cotton
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 1795–1834, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-1795-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-1795-2024, 2024
Short summary
Scoring and ranking probabilistic seismic hazard models: an application based on macroseismic intensity data
Vera D'Amico, Francesco Visini, Andrea Rovida, Warner Marzocchi, and Carlo Meletti
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 1401–1413, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-1401-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-1401-2024, 2024
Short summary

Cited articles

Argnani, A.: Comment on “New simulations and understanding of the 1908 Messina tsunami for a dual seismic and deep submarine mass failure source” by Schambach, L., Grilli, S. T., Tappin, D. R., Gangemi, M. D., and Barbaro, G., Marine Geology, 421/442, 106093/106634, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106634, 2021. 
Association d'Océanographie Physique, Monthly and annual mean heights of sea-level, Publication scientific 5 N, Union Géodesique et Géologique Internationale, https://psmsl.org/about_us/other_reports/Pub_Sci_No_5_1936%20Sea%20Level%20Tables.pdf (last access: 19 November 2022), 1940. 
Baldi, P., Achilli, V., Mulargia, F., and Broccio, F.: Geodetic surveys in Messina Straits area, Bull. Geodesique, 57, 283–293, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02520934, 1983. 
Barreca, G., Gross, F., Scarfi, L., Aloisi, M., Monaco, C., and Krastel, S.: The Strait of Messina: Seismotectonics and the source of the 1908 earthquake, Earth-Sci. Rev., 218, 103685, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103685, 2021. 
Boschi, E., Pantosti., D., and Valensise, G.: Modello di sorgente per il terremoto di Messina del 1908 ed evoluzione recente dell'area dello Stretto, Atti VIII Convegno G. N. G. T. S., GNGTS, Roma, 245–258, 1989. 
Download
Short summary
The 1908 Messina Straits earthquake is one of the most severe seismic catastrophes in human history and is periodically back in the public discussion because of a project of building a bridge across the Straits. Some models proposed for the fault assume precursory subsidence preceding the quake, resulting in a structure significantly different from the previously debated ones and important hazard implications. The analysis of the historical sea level data allows the rejection of this hypothesis.
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint