Climate and risks: seismic zone 3 and areas at risk of landslides and floods
In the Civil Protection Department's seismic classification (May 2025 update) La Spezia is in zone 3. ISPRA's IdroGEO sheet (2024 Report) counts 17,755 residents in areas at flood risk (19.2%) and 2,996 in areas at landslide risk (3.3%). Temperatures and days over the PM10 limit in the data.
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Seismic classification
The file of the seismic classification of municipalities published by the Dipartimento della Protezione Civile (Civil Protection Department; May 2025 update) places the Comune di La Spezia in zone 3. The Department's summary of regional legislation gives Liguria Regional Executive resolution no. 216 of 17 March 2017 as the reference act.
Landslides and floods
The «Pericolosità e rischio» (hazard and risk) sheet of IdroGEO, ISPRA's platform on landslides and floods, reports for La Spezia (data from the ISPRA 2024 Report) 17,755 residents in areas at flood risk, 19.2% of the population, with 2,410 businesses (28.7%) and 118 cultural heritage sites (33.7%), and 2,996 residents in areas at landslide risk (3.3%). The sheet shows the areas concerned on a map: people looking for a home can check their street there.
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Updated: 2026-10-22
Updated: 2026-10-22
Updated: 2026-10-22
Reviewed: 10/23/2026 · by piero.avolio · rev. 1 · Period: → 2027-10-31
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