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Calabria Earthquake
Striking southern Italy on September 8, the 1905 Calabria earthquake had a magnitude of 7.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). The first major earthquake of the 20th century, it damaged parts of Lipari Island and Messina Province, and killed between 557 and 2,500 people. The earthquake affected the Calabria region, destroying as many as 25 villages and 14,000 homes. -
Messina Earthquake
The 1908 Messina earthquake (also known as the 1908 Messina and Reggio earthquake) occurred on December 28 in Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy with a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of XI (Extreme). The cities of Messina and Reggio Calabria were almost completely destroyed and between 75,000 and 200,000 lives were lost. -
1915 Avezzano Earthquake
The 1915 Avezzano earthquake occurred on January 13 in Central Italy, in the province of L'Aquila. The epicenter was located in the town of Avezzano. More than 30,000 people died in the earthquake, destroying the epicentral area. -
Garfagnana earthquake
The 1920 Garfagnana earthquake (also known as the Lunigiana earthquake) occurred on September 7 in Garfagnana and Lunigiana, both agricultural areas in the Italian Tuscany region. The quake hypocenter was located 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) beneath Villa Collemandina. -
Irpinia earthquake
The 1930 Irpinia earthquake occurred at 00:08 UTC on 23 July, chiefly in an area known as Irpinia. It had a magnitude of 6.6 and caused 1,404 deaths. The epicenter was near to the boundaries between the regions of Basilicata, Apulia, and Campania. -
Senigallia earthquake
The 1930 Senigallia earthquake struck the city of Senigallia in central Italy on October 30. It occurred just a few months after the destructive 1930 Irpinia earthquake, which had caused over 1400 casualties in the southern part of the country. -
Cansiglio earthquake
The 1936 Cansiglio earthquake occurred on October 18 in the region between the provinces of Belluno, Treviso and Pordenone, in northern Italy. It caused 19 deaths and an unknown number of injuries. The epicenter was on the Cansiglio plateau near the towns of Fiaschetti, Stevenà and Villa di Villa. -
Belice earthquake
The 1968 Belice earthquake sequence took place in Sicily between 14 and 15 January. The largest shock measured 5.5 on the moment magnitude scale, with five others of magnitude 5+. The maximum perceived intensity was X (Intense) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The earthquake sequence, centred between the towns of Gibellina, Salaparuta and Poggioreale, killed at least 231 people, possibly more than 400, with between 632 and about 1000 injured and left 100,000 homeless. It is known in Italy. -
Gemona del Friuli earthquake
The 1976 Friuli earthquake, also known in Italy as Terremoto del Friuli (Friulian earthquake), took place in the Friuli region in northeast Italy on May 6. The quake was centered on the town of Gemona del Friuli, measured 6.5 on the surface wave magnitude scale, and killed 939 people, injured 2400, and left 157,000 homeless. -
Irpinia earthquakes
The 1980 Irpinia earthquake took place in the Irpinia region in Southern Italy on November 23. Measuring 6.89 on the Richter Scale, the quake, centered on the village of Conza, killed 2,914 people, injured more than 10,000 and left 300,000 homeless. It is known in Italy as Terremoto dell'Irpinia (Irpinian earthquake). -
Umbria and Marche earthquakes
The 1997 Umbria and Marche earthquake occurred in the regions of Umbria and Marche, central Italy on the morning of September 26. It was preceded by a foreshock almost as strong as the main quake. The foreshock occurred at 2:33 am CEST (0:33 UTC), rated 5.7 on the Richter scale, and the second – the main shock – occurred at 11:40 am CEST (9:40 UTC), rated 6.1 on the Richter scale. Their epicentre was in Annifo. There were thousands of foreshocks and aftershocks from May 1997 to April 1998.
