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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 that had epicentres in Italy, or significantly affected the country. On average every four years an earthquake with a magnitude equal to or greater than 5.5 occurs in Italy. [1]
Palena is a comune and town in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy. [3] It is the hometown of Pietro Como and Lucia Travaglini, the parents of Italian-American baritone Perry Como (1912–2001). There is a plaque commemorating Perry Como as well as the home of painter Oreste Recchione, who also lived in Palena.
The 1706 Abruzzo earthquake, also known as the Maiella earthquake, occurred on November 3 at 13:00 CEST. The earthquake with a possible epicenter in the Central Apennine Mountains ( Maiella ), Abruzzo had an estimated moment magnitude of 6.6–6.84 M w . [ 1 ]
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck the area early on Wednesday, the strongest jolt in 40 years to rattle the volcanic field, known as the Campi Flegrei or Phlegraean Fields from the Greek word for ...
Debris was seen strewn across a platform at a train station in Ancona, Italy, following a 5.5-magnitude earthquake in the region on Wednesday, November 9.The strong quake was felt in central Italy ...
The 4.4 tremblor at 8:10 p.m. local time was preceded by a 3.5 earthquake an hour earlier. The INGV recorded 1,252 earthquakes in the Campi Flegrei area in the month of April 2024, most with a ...
Shakemap of the strongest earthquake on 18 January 2017. The quakes occurred in a seismic gap which is located between the areas hit by the August 2016 earthquake, the October 2016 earthquakes and the one in Umbria and Marche in 1997. In that gap, no strong earthquake happened for more than 100 years [19] until 2016. [citation needed]
The seismic classification in Italy (Italian: Classificazione sismica dell'Italia) is the subdivision of the territory of Italy into specific areas, characterized by a common seismic risk. Currently the seismic classification of the Italian territory into zones has remained exclusively for statistical and administrative aspects.