February 7, 1928 Earthquake: Cauro,coti-Chiavari, France

Date

February 7, 1928

Place

Cauro,coti-Chiavari, France

Intensity

6 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

44.200° N, 9.200° E

Country

France

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.

• December 25, 1222, Brescia, Italy12,000 deaths · 170 km
• September 7, 1920, Carrara,garfagnana, ItalyM5.8 · 1,400 deaths · 88 km
• July 20, 1564, Corsica,la Bollene-Vesubie,venanson, FranceM5.8 · 650 deaths · 154 km
• February 23, 1887, Ligurian Coast, ItalyM6.5 · 600 deaths · 94 km
• February 15, 1644, Corsica,belvedere,roquebilliere, France150 deaths · 165 km
• June 13, 1542, Scarperia, Italy113 deaths · 168 km
• February 14, 1834, Borgo Val Di Taro, Italy60 deaths · $170,000 · 19 km
• August 14, 1846, Orciano, Luciana, ItalyM6.1 · 56 deaths · 143 km
• May 29, 2012, Medolla, Mirandola, Cavezzo, Emilia Romagna, ItalyM5.9 · 17 deaths · $16 billion · 166 km
• October 9, 1828, Pavia, ItalyM5.7 · 15 deaths · 184 houses destroyed · 70 km
• May 20, 2012, Mirandola, Emilia Romagna, ItalyM6.1 · 7 deaths · 178 km
• April 11, 1837, Italy5 deaths · 104 km
• May 26, 1831, Coast of Liguria, Italy4 deaths · 120 km
• July 15, 1971, Parma, ItalyM5.2 · 2 deaths · 110 km
• April 2, 1808, Valley of Pellice, Chisone, ItalyM5.7 · 2 deaths · 170 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 3341.