July 31, 1561 Earthquake: Picerno, Tito, Buccino, Italy

Date

July 31, 1561

Place

Picerno, Tito, Buccino, Italy

Intensity

10 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

40.500° N, 14.700° E

Country

Italy

Deaths

600

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

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• January 13, 1915, Marsica, Avezzano, Abruzzi, ItalyM7.5 · 29,978 deaths · $60 million · 195 km
• December 16, 1857, Campania, Potenza, ItalyM6.5 · 10,000 deaths · 112 km
• September 16, 1857, Calabria,montemurro, Italy10,000 deaths · 190 km
• 1248, Sabaudia, Italy9,000 deaths · 154 km
• July 26, 1805, Molise, Rosolone, Napoli (Naples), Isernia, Italy5,600 deaths · 78 km
• July 30, 1627, Lesina, ItalyM6.7 · 5,000 deaths · 148 km
• November 23, 1980, Avellino, Potenza, Caserta, Naples, ItalyM6.9 · 4,689 deaths · $20 billion · 73 km
• September 8, 1694, Calitri, Italy4,057 deaths · 87 km
• December 16, 1631, Naples (Napoli), Italy4,000 deaths · 43 km
• July 17, 1361, Basilicata to Pouilles, Italy4,000 deaths · 79 km
• March 20, 1731, Foggia, ItalyM6.3 · 3,600 deaths · 130 km
• June 5, 1688, Benevento, Italy3,311 deaths · 75 km
• July 28, 1883, Casamicciola, Forino, Lacco Ameno, Ischia Is, Italy2,313 deaths · 2,278 houses destroyed · 71 km
• August 24, 79, Naples (Napoli), Italy2,100 deaths · 43 km

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