May 26, 1798 Earthquake: Firenze (Florence), Italy

Date

May 26, 1798

Place

Firenze (Florence), Italy

Intensity

10 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

43.500° N, 11.200° E

Country

Italy

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 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.

• January 14, 1703, Central Apennino, Norcia, L'Aquila, Perugia, Italy40,000 deaths · 174 km
• February 2, 1703, L'Aquila (Aquila), ItalyM6.7 · 10,000 deaths · 199 km
• December 1, 1328, Norcia, Italy5,000 deaths · 165 km
• December 25, 1352, Sansepolcro, Italy2,000 deaths · 73 km
• April 14, 1672, Rimini, ItalyM5.6 · 1,500 deaths · 121 km
• September 7, 1920, Carrara,garfagnana, ItalyM5.8 · 1,400 deaths · 115 km
• September 30, 1789, Citta Di Castello,sansepolcro, Italy500 deaths · 81 km
• August 24, 2016, Accumoli, Arquata, Amatrice, ItalyM6.2 · 299 deaths · $5 billion · 183 km
• August 3, 1414, Sansepolcro, Italy200 deaths · 73 km
• May 12, 1730, Norcia, Italy200 deaths · 165 km
• October 19, 1768, Santa Sofia, Italy120 deaths · 85 km
• June 13, 1542, Scarperia, Italy113 deaths · 64 km
• August 22, 1859, Italy100 deaths · 173 km
• February 14, 1834, Borgo Val Di Taro, Italy60 deaths · $170,000 · 169 km
• August 14, 1846, Orciano, Luciana, ItalyM6.1 · 56 deaths · 50 km

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