April 24, 1836 Earthquake: Rossano,crosia,craco,basilicata, Italy

Date

April 24, 1836

Time

23:15:00 UTC

Place

Rossano,crosia,craco,basilicata, Italy

Intensity

11 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

39.600° N, 16.600° E

Country

Italy

Deaths

589

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.

• December 28, 1908, Messina, Sicily, Calabria, ItalyM7 · 80,000 deaths · $116 million · 182 km
• February 5, 1783, Tyrrhenian Calabria, ItalyM6.9 · 30,000 deaths · 155 km
• December 5, 1456, Avellino,napoli,abruzzi, Brindisi,benevento, Italy30,000 deaths · 200 km
• September 16, 1857, Calabria,montemurro, Italy10,000 deaths · 28 km
• December 16, 1857, Campania, Potenza, ItalyM6.5 · 10,000 deaths · 93 km
• March 27, 1638, Cosenza,martirano, Nicastro, Calabria, ItalyM7 · 9,581 deaths · 69 km
• November 23, 1980, Avellino, Potenza, Caserta, Naples, ItalyM6.9 · 4,689 deaths · $20 billion · 180 km
• September 8, 1694, Calitri, Italy4,057 deaths · 144 km
• July 17, 1361, Basilicata to Pouilles, Italy4,000 deaths · 115 km
• November 5, 1659, Panaija, Soriano, Polia, Italy2,035 deaths · 103 km
• January 1688, Pisticci, Italy2,000 deaths · 87 km
• February 6, 1783, Messina Straits, ItalyM5.9 · 1,500 deaths · 175 km
• July 23, 1930, Irpinia, ItalyM6.5 · 1,430 deaths · 3,188 houses destroyed · 195 km
• August 14, 1851, Melfi, Rapolla, Barile, Rionero, MT Vulture, Italy671 deaths · 173 km
• July 31, 1561, Picerno, Tito, Buccino, Italy600 deaths · 190 km

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Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 1788.