List of Earthquakes In Italy – Timeline Of Major Earthquakes – Inter Bio

Italy is located south of the Eurasian Plate, which is joined by the Aegean
Sea Plate, the Adriatic Plate, and the Anatolian Plate. The Apennine Mountains
have countless faults spread along the entire Italian peninsula. And between
the Eurasian and Adriatic plates, a large number of catastrophes can occur.
Thus, the amount of tectonic activity in Italy is very high. In addition,
Sicily and Calabria are in the vicinity of the same boundary where the African
plate is subducting under the Eurasian plate. Which formed the stratovolcano
known as Mount Etna.

Timeline Of Major Earthquakes

Date	Place	Mag	MMI	Death	Injuries	Information
2022-11-09	Costa Marchigiana Pesarese (Pesaro-Urbino)	5.6 Mw	VI			Sequence / buildings slightly damaged
2022-09-22	Genoa	4.0 Mw	III–IV			Buildings slightly damaged
2018-12-26	Sicily	5.0 Mw	VII		30	Several buildings damaged
2018-08-16	Molise	5.3 Mw	VI		2	Moderate damage
2017-08-21	Campania	4.2 Mw	VI	2	42
2017-01-18	Abruzzo – Lazio	5.7 Mw	VIII	34	29	Sequence
2016-10-30	Umbria	6.6 Mw	XI	3 (indirect)	Dozens	Sequence / extensive damage
2016-08-24	Lazio- Umbria- Marche	6.2 Mw	XI	299	>400
2013-06-21	Tuscany	5.2 Mw	V		4
2013-02-16	Lazio	4.8 Mw	V	1 (indirect)
2012-05-29	Emilia-Romagna	5.8 Mw	VII	20	350
2012-05-20	Emilia-Romagna	6.1 Mw	VII	5 (+2indirect)	50
2010-08-16	Sicily	4.5 Mw			7	Landslides
2009-04-06	L’Aquila	6.3 Mw	X	309	1500+	Severe damage
2004-11-24	Lombardy- Salò	5.1 Mw	VII–VIII *		9	Many buildings damaged
2003-09-14	Emilia-Romagna	5.3 Mw	VII		Some	10 buildings damaged
2003-04-11	Piedmont- Alessandria	5.0 Mb	VI *		2
2003-01-26	Emilia-Romagna	4.7 Mb	VII			Buildings damaged
2002-11-01	Molise	5.8 Mw			3	Doublet / additional damage
2002-10-31	Molise	5.9		30		Doublet
2002-09-06	Sicily	6.0 Mw		2	20	Heart attacks / damage
2001-11-26	Tuscany- Arezzo	4.6 Mb	V–VI *			Buildings damaged
2001-07-17	Trentino-Alto Adige	4.7 Mw	VI *	3	3	Landslides
2000-08-21	Piedmont- Asti	4.9 Mw	VI *			Buildings damaged
1998-09-09	Basilicata-Calabria	5.6 Mw	VI–VII *	2	12	Buildings damaged
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
1991-05-26	Basilicata- Potenza	5.1 Mb	VIII		A few	Minor damage
1990-12-13	Sicily-Augusta	5.6 Mw	VII	19	200	Severe damage
1990-05-05	Basilicata- Campania	5.8 Mw	VII	2	16
1987-07-03	Marche- Porto San Giorgio	5.1 Mb	VII			Damage
1987-05-02	Emilia-Romagna	4.8 Mb	VII	1	Several	Slight damage
1985-03-14	Molise	4.3 Mw	V	1		Slight damage
1984-05-07	Abruzzo- Lazio	5.9 Mw	VIII	3	100	Extensive damage
1984-04-29	Umbria- Gubbio	5.7 Mw	VIII		36	Extensive damage
1983-11-09	Emilia-Romagna	5.1 Mw	VIII		100	Some damage
1982-03-21	Basilicata-Maratea	4.8 Mb	VI			Damage
1980-11-23	Campania- Basilicata	6.9 Mw	X	2483–4900	7700–8934	Extreme damage
1979-09-19	Umbria- Norcia	5.8 Ms		5	5000	Severe damage
1978-04-15	Gulf of Patti- Sicily	5.7 Ms		5		Moderate damage
1978-03-11	Sicily	5.0 Ms		2	2	Moderate damage
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
1972-02-04	Ancona	4.4	VIII			Extensive damage / swarm
1971-07-15	Emilia-Romagna	5.2 Mb	VIII *	2		Limited damage
1971-02-06	Lazio	4.6 Mb	VIII	24	150	Extreme damage
1969-08-11	Perugia	4.7 Ms	VII		4	Limited damage
1968-01-15	Western Sicily	5.5 Mw	X	231–400	632–1000	Sequence
1962-08-21	Irpinia-Campania	6.1	IX *	16		Moderate damage
1943-10-03	Offida- Marche	5.5 Mw	IX	15		Very heavy damage
1936-10-18	Cansiglio	5.9 ML	IX	19
1933-09-26	Abruzzo	5.6 Mw	IX	10		Some damage
1930-10-30	Senigallia- Marche	5.9		18
1930-07-23	Irpinia	6.6 Ms	X	1404	4624–7000
1920-09-07	Garfagnana	6.4		171
1917-04-26	Northern Umbria	5.8		20
1915-01-13	Avezzano	6.7 Mw	XI	29978–32610		Extreme damage
1914-05-08	Sicily	4.9 Ms	X	120		Severe damage
1908-12-28	Strait of Messina	7.1 Mw	XI	75000–200000		Extreme damage / tsunami
1907-10-23	Calabria	5.9 Ms	VIII–X	158–167		Moderate damage
1905-09-08	Calabria	7.2 Mw	XI	557–2500		Tsunami
1901-10-30	Salò	5.5 Mw	VII–VIII			Collapsed buildings
1883-07-28	Ischia	4.3–5.2 Mw	XI	2313		Near total destruction on in Ischia
1887-02-23	Liguria	6.2–6.5		>2000		Significant damage / tsunami
1873-06-29	Veneto	6.3 Me	IX–X	80
1857-12-16	Basilicata	7.0 Mw	XI	10000		Extreme damage
1851-08-14	Basilicata			700–2000+		Many buildings damaged
1805-07-26	Campania- Molise	6.6 Me	X	5573		Extreme damage
1802-05-12	Lombardy- C remona	5.7 Mw	VIII-IX	2		Collapsed churches – houses – and a municipal building
1783-02-04	Calabria	7.0		50000
1762-10-06	L’Aquila	5.3–6.0 Mw	IX			Damage
1743-02-20	Salento	7.1 Mw	IX	180–300
1732-11-29	Campania	6.6		Thousands
1706-11-03	Abruzzo	6.6-6.84 Mw	X	2400		Extreme damage
1703-02-12	L’Aquila	6.7	XI	2500–5000
1703-01-16	Montereale	6.2	VIII
1703-01-14	Norcia	6.7	X	6240–9761
1694-09-08	Basilicata	6.9		>6000
1693-01-11	Sicily- Malta	7.4 Mw	XI	60000
1688-06-05	Sannio	7.0	XI	3311		Severe damage
1659-11-06	Calabria			2035		Extreme damage
1654-07-23	Sorano- Marsica		X	600		Severe damage
1639-10-07	Lazio	6.0 Mw	IX–X	500
1638-06-09	Calabria		IX	52		Moderate damage
1638-03-27	Calabria	7.0 Ms	XI	9581–30000		Extreme damage / tsunami
1627-07-30	Apulia	6.7 Mw	X	5000		Tsunami
1626-07-30	Naples			70000
1626-04-05	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
1456-12-30	Benevento	6.6 Mw	X–XI			Sequence
1456-12-05	Molise	7.1–7.4 Mw	X–XI	30000–70000		High intensity over large area. Largest earthquake on the Italian Peninsula.
1349-09-09	L’Aquila	6.7	X	2000		Severe damage
1348-01-25	Friuli	6.9	X	10000		Extreme damage
1343-11-25	Naples					Tsunami
1222-12-25	Northern Italy		X	12000		Extreme damage
1169-02-04	Sicily		X	15000–25000		Severe damage / tsunami
1117-01-03	Italy- Germany		VII			Severe damage
62-02-05	Campania	5.2–6.1	IX–X			Severe damage