April 11, 2003 Earthquake: Alessandria, Italy

Date

April 11, 2003

Time

09:26:58 UTC

Place

Alessandria, Italy

Magnitude

5 (mb)

Focal depth

4 km (2 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

44.792° N, 8.892° E

Country

Italy

Injuries

2

Damage

$561 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 · 134 km
• September 7, 1920, Carrara,garfagnana, ItalyM5.8 · 1,400 deaths · 124 km
• July 20, 1564, Corsica,la Bollene-Vesubie,venanson, FranceM5.8 · 650 deaths · 154 km
• February 23, 1887, Ligurian Coast, ItalyM6.5 · 600 deaths · 117 km
• February 14, 1834, Borgo Val Di Taro, Italy60 deaths · $170,000 · 68 km
• May 29, 2012, Medolla, Mirandola, Cavezzo, Emilia Romagna, ItalyM5.9 · 17 deaths · $16 billion · 173 km
• October 9, 1828, Pavia, ItalyM5.7 · 15 deaths · 184 houses destroyed · 13 km
• February 13, 1991, FranceM3.8 · 9 deaths · 168 km
• May 20, 2012, Mirandola, Emilia Romagna, ItalyM6.1 · 7 deaths · 185 km
• April 11, 1837, Italy5 deaths · 144 km
• May 26, 1831, Coast of Liguria, Italy4 deaths · 140 km
• July 15, 1971, Parma, ItalyM5.2 · 2 deaths · 111 km
• April 2, 1808, Valley of Pellice, Chisone, ItalyM5.7 · 2 deaths · 130 km
• July 25, 1855, Haut-Valais, Switzerland1 death · 185 km
• July 2, 1703, Genoa, Carmagnole, ItalyM3.2 · 44 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 10733.