July 6, 1931 Earthquake: Sicily, Italy

Date

July 6, 1931

Time

00:30:00 UTC

Place

Sicily, Italy

Intensity

12 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

37.700° N, 15.100° 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 · 67 km
• January 9, 1693, Sicily, Calabria, Catania, ItalyM6 · 60,000 deaths · 972 houses destroyed · 41 km
• January 11, 1693, Sicily, Calabria, ItalyM7.4 · 54,000 deaths · 63 km
• February 5, 1783, Tyrrhenian Calabria, ItalyM6.9 · 30,000 deaths · 101 km
• February 4, 1169, Siracusa (Syracuse), Calabria, Sicily, Italy16,000 deaths · 45 km
• 1137, Catania, Sicily, Italy15,000 deaths · 44 km
• August 6, 1757, Siracusa (Syracuse), Italy10,000 deaths · 78 km
• March 27, 1638, Cosenza,martirano, Nicastro, Calabria, ItalyM7 · 9,581 deaths · 181 km
• November 5, 1659, Panaija, Soriano, Polia, Italy2,035 deaths · 153 km
• February 6, 1783, Messina Straits, ItalyM5.9 · 1,500 deaths · 74 km
• 1086, Siracusa (Syracuse), Italy1,000 deaths · 80 km
• January 21, 1065, Catania,messina,milazzo,pale, Sicily, Italy975 deaths · 44 km
• September 8, 1905, Monteleone, Tropea, Monte Poro, ItalyM7.1 · 557 deaths · 6,700 houses destroyed · 137 km
• June 19, 1640, Badolato, Italy300 deaths · 158 km
• September 1, 1726, Palermo, Marsala, Mazzara, Italy250 deaths · 1,614 houses destroyed · 160 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 3467.