1968 1/15 02:01 UTC 37.78N 13.03E 3km M=6.5, Val deBelice, Italy
The death toll of this earthquake was over 200.
Since we have very little
information about this earthquake, we urge scientists and engineers who have studied this
earthquake to contribute their materials for this archive. Please contact William H. K. Lee
at:
lee@usgs.gov (office), or whklee@ix.netcom.com (home).
Contributors: Charles R. Hutt, William H. K. Lee.
1. Seismograms of the 1968 Valle del Belice (Italy) Earthquake
Selected WWSSN seismograms from this earthquake were scanned as part of the ICSU Scanning Project.
Please note that there were other earthquakes
occurred before and after this earthquake.
link to compressed tif file directory (.gz format)
2. References:
Boschi, E., Guidoboni, E., Ferrari, G., Mariotti, D., Valensise, G., and Gasperini, P. (eds.). (2000). Catalogue of strong Italian earthquakes from 461 B.C. to 1997: Introductory texts and CD-ROM, Ann. Geofis. 43, 609-868.
(Last Updated: September 16, 2004)
