June 27, 1898 Earthquake: Italy

Date

June 27, 1898

Time

22:38:00 UTC

Place

Italy

Intensity

10 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

42.400° N, 13.000° E

Country

Italy

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 · 61 km
• February 2, 1703, L'Aquila (Aquila), ItalyM6.7 · 10,000 deaths · 18 km
• 1248, Sabaudia, Italy9,000 deaths · 156 km
• July 26, 1805, Molise, Rosolone, Napoli (Naples), Isernia, Italy5,600 deaths · 194 km
• December 1, 1328, Norcia, Italy5,000 deaths · 44 km
• June 5, 1688, Benevento, Italy3,311 deaths · 199 km
• September 9, 1349, L'Aquila, Abruzzi, Sannio, Italy2,000 deaths · 43 km
• December 25, 1352, Sansepolcro, Italy2,000 deaths · 143 km
• April 14, 1672, Rimini, ItalyM5.6 · 1,500 deaths · 174 km
• November 3, 1706, Sulmona to Campobasso, Abruzzi, Italy1,000 deaths · 159 km
• July 23, 1654, Alvito,bellomonte,pontecorvo,sora, Italy600 deaths · 122 km
• September 30, 1789, Citta Di Castello,sansepolcro, Italy500 deaths · 139 km
• April 6, 2009, L'Aquila, ItalyM6.3 · 309 deaths · $2.5 billion · 15,000 houses destroyed · 28 km
• August 24, 2016, Accumoli, Arquata, Amatrice, ItalyM6.2 · 299 deaths · $5 billion · 39 km

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