May 20, 2012 Earthquake: Sant'Agostino, Italy
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Sant'Agostino, Italy on May 20, 2012 at 13:18:02 UTC, 5 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- May 20, 2012
- Time
- 13:18:02 UTC
- Place
- Sant'Agostino, Italy
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 5 km (3 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 44.831° N, 11.490° E
- Country
- Italy
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Additional damage at Sant'Agostino. Felt (VII) at San Venanzio; (V) at Ostiglia; (IV) at Ferrara, Padova and Verona; (III) at Bologna, Genoa, Venice and Vicenza. Felt in much of northern Italy and as far as Ascoli Piceno and Rome. Also felt at Cannes, France; Koper and Ljubljana, Slovenia; Davos and Sant'Antonio, Switzerland. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 25, 1222, Brescia, Italy
- December 25, 1352, Sansepolcro, Italy
- April 14, 1672, Rimini, Italy
- September 7, 1920, Carrara,garfagnana, Italy
- September 30, 1789, Citta Di Castello,sansepolcro, Italy
- August 3, 1414, Sansepolcro, Italy
- November 17, 1570, Ferrara,bologna,padova,venizia,treviso, Italy
- October 19, 1768, Santa Sofia, Italy
- June 13, 1542, Scarperia, Italy
- February 14, 1834, Borgo Val Di Taro, Italy
- August 14, 1846, Orciano, Luciana, Italy
- June 29, 1873, Bellunese, Italy
- 778, Treviso, Italy
- October 30, 1930, Senigallia, Italy
- May 29, 2012, Medolla, Mirandola, Cavezzo, Emilia Romagna, Italy
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Sources
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 9948.