A comprehensive catalogue of recorded seismic events mapped by epicentre distance from the reserve.
Review an organized catalogue of recorded seismic events that occurred within the vicinity of the Monte Prinzera nature reserve. This collection provides transparent access to historical earthquake data, including dates, reported magnitudes, focal depths, and relative epicentre distances calculated from the protected ophiolite landscape. These records offer geographic context for seismic activity surrounding the Emilia-Romagna Apennines, presented as a clear reference for researchers and interested observers.
A red-rust ophiolite outlier in the northern Apennines, protecting rare flora on Italy's oldest ocean crust.
Monte Prinzera is a small but geologically extraordinary mountain in the northern Apennines, in the province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Rising to 736 meters above sea level, it represents the only protected outcrop of ophiolites in the entire region: fragments of ancient oceanic crust composed mainly of peridotite and serpentinite, with occasional basalt. These ultrabasic rocks, rich in iron and magnesium and poor in silica, give the mountain its striking rust-red color and stand out sharply against the gentler clay hills of the surrounding countryside. Since 1990, the slopes and summit of Monte Prinzera have been protected as a nature reserve, recognized for their rare spontaneous flora and unusual geology. The mountain is crossed by a section of the historic Via Francigena pilgrimage route between Bardone and Terenzo, and is visible from the winding turns of the Strada Statale 62 della Cisa near the locality of Piantonia, where a television repeater dominates the summit silhouette. The reserve is also ecologically significant, hosting a varied community of bats, woodland birds, and expanding populations of larger mammals such as the crested porcupine and the wolf. Its combination of geological singularity, Mediterranean-type dry habitats, and mixed deciduous woodland makes Monte Prinzera a distinctive protected area within the otherwise agricultural Apennine foothills of Emilia.
Review Monte Prinzera events by magnitude, place, and distance
Monte Prinzera’s earthquake catalogue positions reported epicentres around the northern Apennine reserve through calculated distance, not through its ophiolite mass, ultramafic geology, rocky slopes, or foothill setting. Dates, magnitudes, depths, localities, sources, and reserve distances support historical comparison without attributing landscape effects, current danger, or prediction.
This page describes catalogued earthquakes associated with the park by epicentre location and distance. It does not establish causation, assess current danger, or predict future earthquakes.
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