The strong magnitude 5.7 earthquake that rocked southern Italy on Thursday, October 26, at 4:28 GMT, was well recorded by a DTM strainmeter recently installed at Ginostra, on Stromboli. Seismologists Alan Linde and Selwyn Sacks are now in Stromboli supervising preparations for a second strainmeter to be installed in November. The new datalogger that recorded the event was designed and built by Brian Schleigh, Michael Acierno and colleagues at BBR's machine shop.

Because the hypocenter of the earthquake was approximately 200 km deep, little damage was expected. Acccording to Reuters , the quake was felt in the southern mainland regions of Puglia, Calabria, and Basilicata, as well as by residents in Messina, Palermo, and other cities on the island of Sicily.

Upper right-hand plot: The Sicily earthquake record is at the center of the plot. Small events related to the activity at the volcano are visible before and after.