January 13, 1832 Earthquake: Foligno, Italy

Date

January 13, 1832

Time

13:00 UTC

Place

Foligno, Italy

Intensity

10 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

42.900° N, 12.600° E

Country

Italy

Deaths

22

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.

• January 14, 1703, Central Apennino, Norcia, L'Aquila, Perugia, Italy40,000 deaths · 43 km
• January 13, 1915, Marsica, Avezzano, Abruzzi, ItalyM7.5 · 29,978 deaths · $60 million · 124 km
• February 2, 1703, L'Aquila (Aquila), ItalyM6.7 · 10,000 deaths · 69 km
• December 1, 1328, Norcia, Italy5,000 deaths · 34 km
• December 25, 1352, Sansepolcro, Italy2,000 deaths · 78 km
• September 9, 1349, L'Aquila, Abruzzi, Sannio, Italy2,000 deaths · 99 km
• April 14, 1672, Rimini, ItalyM5.6 · 1,500 deaths · 115 km
• July 23, 1654, Alvito,bellomonte,pontecorvo,sora, Italy600 deaths · 186 km
• September 30, 1789, Citta Di Castello,sansepolcro, Italy500 deaths · 74 km
• April 6, 2009, L'Aquila, ItalyM6.3 · 309 deaths · $2.5 billion · 15,000 houses destroyed · 87 km
• August 24, 2016, Accumoli, Arquata, Amatrice, ItalyM6.2 · 299 deaths · $5 billion · 52 km
• May 12, 1730, Norcia, Italy200 deaths · 34 km
• August 3, 1414, Sansepolcro, Italy200 deaths · 78 km
• October 19, 1768, Santa Sofia, Italy120 deaths · 132 km
• June 13, 1542, Scarperia, Italy113 deaths · 167 km

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