September 17, 1906 Earthquake: Sicily, Italy

Date

September 17, 1906

Time

10:00 UTC

Place

Sicily, Italy

Intensity

12 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

38.000° N, 13.700° E

Country

Italy

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.

• December 28, 1908, Messina, Sicily, Calabria, ItalyM7 · 80,000 deaths · $116 million · 166 km
• January 9, 1693, Sicily, Calabria, Catania, ItalyM6 · 60,000 deaths · 972 houses destroyed · 149 km
• January 11, 1693, Sicily, Calabria, ItalyM7.4 · 54,000 deaths · 151 km
• February 4, 1169, Siracusa (Syracuse), Calabria, Sicily, Italy16,000 deaths · 141 km
• 1137, Catania, Sicily, Italy15,000 deaths · 146 km
• August 6, 1757, Siracusa (Syracuse), Italy10,000 deaths · 160 km
• February 6, 1783, Messina Straits, ItalyM5.9 · 1,500 deaths · 171 km
• 1086, Siracusa (Syracuse), Italy1,000 deaths · 180 km
• January 21, 1065, Catania,messina,milazzo,pale, Sicily, Italy975 deaths · 123 km
• September 1, 1726, Palermo, Marsala, Mazzara, Italy250 deaths · 1,614 houses destroyed · 33 km
• January 15, 1968, Sicily, ItalyM6 · 216 deaths · $320 million · 54 km
• May 8, 1914, Catania, Etna, ItalyM4.9 · 120 deaths · 223 houses destroyed · 136 km
• August 25, 1613, Naso, ItalyM5.6 · 103 deaths · 200 houses destroyed · 96 km
• November 16, 1894, Palmi, Santa Cristina, Italy101 deaths · 195 km
• September 8, 1818, Madonie, Italy100 deaths · 34 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 2783.