List of earthquakes in Italy

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Map of earthquakes in Italy 1900-2017
Earthquakes M5.5+ (1900-2016) Mediterranean

This is a list of earthquakes in Italy.

Geology[]

Italy lies on the southern extent of the Eurasian Plate, which is surrounded by the Aegean Sea Plate, the Adriatic Plate, and the Anatolian Plate. The Apennine Mountains contain numerous faults that run along the entire Italian peninsula and form the majority of the destructive boundary between the Eurasian and the Adriatic plates, thus causing Italy to have high amounts of tectonic activity. In addition, Sicily and Calabria are located near the boundary where the African plate is subducting below the Eurasian plate, which was responsible for forming the stratovolcano known as Mount Etna.

List of earthquakes[]

Date Region Mag. I Deaths Injuries Notes
2017-08-21 Campania 4.2 Mw V–VI 2 42
2017-01-18 Abruzzo, Lazio 5.7 Mw VIII 34 29 Sequence
2016-10-30 Umbria 6.6 Mw IX 3 (indirect) Dozens Sequence / extensive damage
2016-08-24 Lazio, Umbria, Marche 6.2 Mw IX 299 >400
2013-06-21 Tuscany 5.2 Mw V 4 [1][2]
2012-05-29 Emilia-Romagna 5.8 Mw VII 20 350
2012-05-20 Emilia-Romagna 6.1 Mw VII 5 (+2 indirect) 50
2009-04-06 L'Aquila 6.3 Mw VIII 309 1,500+ Severe damage
2004-11-24 Lombardy, Salò 5.1 Mw VII–VIII * 9 Many buildings damaged [3]
2003-09-14 Emilia-Romagna 5.3 Mw VII Some 10 buildings damaged [4]
2003-04-11 Piedmont, Alessandria 5.0 Mb VI * 2 [5]
2003-01-26 Emilia-Romagna 4.7 Mb VII Buildings damaged [6]
2002-11-01 Molise 5.8 Mw 3 Doublet / additional damage [7]
2002-10-31 Molise 5.9 30 Doublet
2002-09-06 Sicily 6.0 Mw 2 20 Heart attacks / damage [8]
2001-11-26 Tuscany, Arezzo 4.6 Mb V–VI * Buildings damaged [9]
2001-07-17 Trentino-Alto Adige 4.7 Mw VI * 3 3 Landslides [10]
2000-08-21 Piedmont, Asti 4.9 Mw VI * Buildings damaged [11]
1998-09-09 Basilicata, Calabria 5.6 Mw VI–VII * 2 12 Buildings damaged [12]
1997-09-26 Umbria, Marche 6.1 9 Doublet
1997-09-26 Umbria, Foligno 5.7 2 Doublet
1997-05-12 Umbria, Massa Martana 4.4 Mb VI * Some damage [13]
1991-05-26 Basilicata, Potenza 5.1 Mb VIII A few Minor damage [14]
1990-12-13 Sicily, Augusta 5.6 Mw VII 19 200 Severe damage [15]
1990-05-05 Basilicata, Campania 5.8 Mw VII 2 16 [16]
1987-07-03 Marche, Porto San Giorgio 5.1 Mb VII Damage [17]
1987-05-02 Emilia-Romagna 4.8 Mb VII 1 Several Slight damage [18]
1984-05-07 Abruzzo, Lazio 5.9 Mw VIII 3 100 Extensive damage [19]
1984-04-29 Umbria, Gubbio 5.7 Mw VIII 36 Extensive damage [20]
1983-11-09 Emilia-Romagna 5.1 Mw VIII 100 Some damage [21]
1982-03-21 Basilicata, Maratea 4.8 Mb VI Damage [22]
1980-11-23 Campania, Basilicata 6.9 Mw X 2,483–4,900 7,700–8,934 Extreme damage
1979-09-19 Umbria, Norcia 5.8 Ms 5 5,000 Severe damage NGDC
1978-04-15 Gulf of Patti, Sicily 5.7 Ms 5 Moderate damage NGDC
1978-03-11 Sicily 5.0 Ms 2 2 Moderate damage NGDC
1976-09-15 Friuli 5.9/6.0 8 (+3 indirect) Aftershock
1976-09-11 Friuli 5.8/5.6 2 (indirect) Aftershock
1976-05-06 Friuli 6.5 Mw X 900–978 1700–2400 Extreme damage
1972-06-14 Ancona 4.9 IX Extensive damage / swarm [23]
1972-02-04 Ancona 4.4 VIII Extensive damage / swarm [23]
1971-07-15 Emilia-Romagna 5.2 Mb VIII * 2 Limited damage NGDC
1971-02-06 Lazio 4.6 Mb VIII 24 150 Extreme damage NGDC
1969-08-11 Perugia 4.7 Ms VII 4 Limited damage NGDC
1968-01-15 Western Sicily 5.5 Mw X 231–400 632–1,000 Sequence
1962-08-21 Irpinia, Campania 6.1 IX * 16 Moderate damage NGDC
1943-10-03 Offida, Marche 5.5 Mw IX 15 Very heavy damage [24]
1936-10-18 Cansiglio 5.9 ML IX 19
1930-10-30 Senigallia, Marche 5.9 18
1930-07-23 Irpinia 6.6 Ms X 1,404 4,624–7,000
1920-09-07 Garfagnana 6.4 171 [25]
1917-04-26 Northern Umbria 5.8 20
1915-01-13 Avezzano 6.7 Mw XI 29,978–32,610 Extreme damage
1914-05-08 Sicily 4.9 Ms X 120 Severe damage NGDC
1908-12-28 Strait of Messina 7.1 Mw XI 75,000–200,000 Extreme damage / tsunami
1907-10-23 Calabria 5.9 Ms VIII–X 158–167 Moderate damage NGDC
1905-09-08 Calabria 7.2 Mw XI 557–2,500 Tsunami
1901-10-30 Salò 5.5 Mw VII–VIII Collapsed buildings [26]
1883-07-28 Ischia 4.3–5.2 Mw XI 2,313 Near total destruction on in Ischia
1887-02-23 Liguria 6.2–6.5 >2,000 Significant damage / tsunami [27][28]
1873-06-29 Veneto 6.3 Me IX–X 80
1857-12-16 Basilicata 7.0 Mw XI 10,000 Extreme damage
1851-08-14 Basilicata 700–2,000+ Many buildings damaged [29][30]
1805-07-26 Campania, Molise 6.6 Me X 5,573 Extreme damage
1802-05-12 Lombardy, Cremona 5.7 Mw VIII-IX 2 Collapsed churches, houses, and a municipal building [31][32][33]
1783-02-04 Calabria 7.0 50,000 [25]
1762-10-06 L'Aquila 5.3–6.0 Mw IX Damage [34]
1732-11-29 Campania 6.6 Thousands [35]
1703-02-12 L'Aquila 6.7 XI 2,500–5,000
1703-01-16 Montereale 6.2 VIII
1703-01-14 Norcia 6.7 X 6,240–9,761
1694-09-08 Basilicata 6.9 >6,000
1693-01-11 Sicily, Malta 7.4 Mw XI 60,000
1688-06-05 Sannio 7.0 XI 3,311 Severe damage NGDC
1659-11-06 Calabria 2,035 Extreme damage NGDC
1654-07-23 Sorano, Marsica X 600 Severe damage NGDC
1639-10-07 Lazio 6.0 Mw IX–X 500
1638-06-09 Calabria IX 52 Moderate damage NGDC
1638-03-27 Calabria 7.0 Ms XI 9,581 Extreme damage / tsunami NGDC
1627-07-30 Apulia 6.7 Mw X 5,000 Tsunami
1626-07-30 Naples 70,000
1626-04-04 Girifalco 6.1 Mw X Very heavy damage
1616-06-04 Cagliari No casualties or damage reported. Registeted on a plaque in the city's cathedral
1570-11-17 Ferrara 70–200
1511-03-26 Friuli X 15 Severe damage
1461-11-27 L'Aquila 6.3 IX >80 High intensity over Abruzzo region
1456-12-05 Molise 6.9–7.1 Mw X–XI High intensity over large area [36]
1456-12-30 Benevento 6.6 Mw X–XI Sequence [36]
1349-09-09 L'Aquila 6.7 X 2,000 Severe damage NGDC
1348-01-25 Friuli 6.9 X 10,000 Extreme damage
1343-10-25 Naples Tsunami
1222-12-25 Northern Italy X 12,000 Extreme damage
1169-02-04 Sicily X 15,000–25,000 Severe damage / tsunami
1117-01-03 Italy, Germany VII Severe damage
62-02-05 Campania 5.2–6.1 IX–X Severe damage
Note: The NGDC has records for significant events that go back several thousand years BCE. Added for source diversity, the United States Geological Survey reports are sufficient from the early 1980s to the present. Occasionally, these sources omit the maximum felt intensity. Rovida et al. 2011 can help fill in some of the gaps. Intensity values derived from this source are indicated with an asterisk. The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

See also[]

References[]

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Notes[]

Further reading[]

  • Mario Baratta (1901). I terremoti d'Italia [Earthquakes in Italy] (in Italian). Turin: Fratelli Bocca. (includes chronology)

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