Avola (SR), Sicilia
Earthquake, flood, landslide, wildfire and climate facts from official open data
Every figure on this page comes from a public dataset and names its source and date. The figures describe the comune, not a particular house. 30,710 residents (ISTAT, 1 January 2025).
Natural hazards
Earthquake, flood and landslide figures describe the whole comune of Avola: the zone is its legal classification, the flood and landslide figures the share of its buildings in each hazard class. Fires are counted within 5 km of the comune's centre. EFFIS maps mostly fires of 30 hectares and more: no mapped fire nearby is not no risk.
Sources: Data: ISPRA IdroGEO (floods 2020, landslides 2024) and Dipartimento della Protezione Civile – Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, licensed CC BY 4.0. Bands and building shares derived by Trovara. CC BY 4.0 · Wildfire: EFFIS burnt areas (Copernicus Emergency Management Service, JRC), © European Union, as of October 22, 2026, licensed CC BY 4.0. Fires within 5 km in the last 10 years counted by Trovara.
Earthquakes recorded within 50 km of the comune's centre
1 earthquake of magnitude 5 or more has been recorded within 50 km since 1900.
- Magnitude 5.1 · 8 October 1949 · Sicilia sud-orientale · 40 km away
Strongest within 100 km: magnitude 5.6, 13 December 1990, Sicilia sud-orientale, 51 km away.
The seismic zone above is the official hazard classification. This record shows what has actually happened nearby; a quiet record does not lower the zone.
Climate
The ~9 km Copernicus ERA5-Land grid cell around the comune's centre, with every temperature corrected to the centre's height of 41 m (+1.6 °C). A valley floor or a hilltop in the same comune can differ.
For a specific house
These figures describe the comune as a whole. Whether a particular plot lies in a flood or landslide zone is checked by a geometra on the river-basin authority's official PAI and PGRA maps, and whether the building matches its permits by a geometra in the comune's building records.
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How we know
- Seismic zone: Fonte: Dipartimento della Protezione Civile-Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, classification of 31 May 2025.
- Flood and landslide: ISPRA IdroGEO (floods 2020 on the ISTAT 2011 census, landslides 2024 on IGM building data), the share of the comune's buildings in each hazard class; bands derived by Trovara.
- Earthquakes: INGV catalogues CPTI15 (to 2020) and ISIDe (from 2021), as of 13 October 2026; distances to the epicentre from the comune's centre.
- Fires: EFFIS burnt areas, © European Union (Copernicus Emergency Management Service, JRC), as of 22 October 2026; fires mapped within 5 km of the comune's centre in the last ten years, mostly fires of 30 ha or more.
- Climate: Copernicus ERA5-Land, 1991–2025. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of this information.
- Residents: ISTAT, 1 January 2025.
- Height of the centre: Copernicus DEM GLO-90 via Open-Meteo.com. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.
- All datasets are licensed CC BY 4.0. Figures compiled by Trovara. Spotted an error? Write to info@trovara.io.
These are general facts about this comune, taken from public sources. They are not advice on a particular property or purchase, and they can contain errors or be out of date. Before you decide, check them at the official source and with a local professional such as a geometra, notaio or lawyer. Legal Disclaimer