Sebastiano D’Amico and Daniela Farrugia from the University of Malta’s Seismic Monitoring and Research Unit spent nine days in Messina, Sicily on a collaboration with the University of Messina.

Together with Sicilian researchers, they conducted a series of investigations using various geophysical techniques to map the surface layers at chosen sites in Catania and Messina. The resulting data will shed light on the contribution of the local geology to earthquake-related damage and how this can be prevented in the future.

Messina was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1908.