August 22, 1859 Earthquake: Italy

Date

August 22, 1859

Time

17:15:00 UTC

Place

Italy

Intensity

11 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

42.800° N, 13.100° E

Country

Italy

Deaths

100

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 · 2 km
• January 13, 1915, Marsica, Avezzano, Abruzzi, ItalyM7.5 · 29,978 deaths · $60 million · 95 km
• February 2, 1703, L'Aquila (Aquila), ItalyM6.7 · 10,000 deaths · 38 km
• December 1, 1328, Norcia, Italy5,000 deaths · 8 km
• September 9, 1349, L'Aquila, Abruzzi, Sannio, Italy2,000 deaths · 65 km
• December 25, 1352, Sansepolcro, Italy2,000 deaths · 112 km
• April 14, 1672, Rimini, ItalyM5.6 · 1,500 deaths · 133 km
• November 3, 1706, Sulmona to Campobasso, Abruzzi, Italy1,000 deaths · 182 km
• July 23, 1654, Alvito,bellomonte,pontecorvo,sora, Italy600 deaths · 161 km
• September 30, 1789, Citta Di Castello,sansepolcro, Italy500 deaths · 107 km
• April 6, 2009, L'Aquila, ItalyM6.3 · 309 deaths · $2.5 billion · 15,000 houses destroyed · 55 km
• August 24, 2016, Accumoli, Arquata, Amatrice, ItalyM6.2 · 299 deaths · $5 billion · 11 km
• May 12, 1730, Norcia, Italy200 deaths · 8 km
• August 3, 1414, Sansepolcro, Italy200 deaths · 112 km
• October 19, 1768, Santa Sofia, Italy120 deaths · 160 km

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