Seismic history
Major earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and geological events in Italy, 1900โ2026, with sources and detailed information.
Total earthquakes
189
M5+
Strongest
M7.2
M7+ events
2
| Date | Magnitude | Location | Depth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905-09-08 | 7.2 | 5 km W of San Nicolรฒ, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1908-12-28 | 7.1 | The 1908 Messina, Italy Earthquake and Tsunami | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1980-11-23 | 6.9 | 2 km N of Cairano, Italy | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1915-01-13 | 6.7 |
| 4 km WNW of San Benedetto dei Marsi, Italy |
| 15 km |
| USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1930-07-23 | 6.6 | 3 km SSW of Bisaccia Nuova, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2016-10-30 | 6.6 | 5 km ESE of Preci, Italy | 8 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1910-08-01 | 6.5 | 72 km WSW of Cittadella del Capo, Italy | 260 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-05-06 | 6.5 | 3 km SW of Prato, Italy | 9 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2020-12-29 | 6.4 | 2 km WSW of Petrinja, Croatia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1920-09-07 | 6.3 | 2 km SW of Molazzana, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1963-07-19 | 6.3 | 58 km SSE of San Lorenzo al Mare, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2009-04-06 | 6.3 | 3 km SE of Sassa, Italy | 9 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1919-06-29 | 6.2 | 1 km NNW of Vicchio, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1962-01-11 | 6.2 | 4 km ENE of Baลกka Voda, Croatia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2026-06-01 | 6.2 | 23 km WSW of San Lucido, Italy | 243 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1979-05-24 | 6.2 | 8 km WSW of Budva, Montenegro | 8 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2016-08-24 | 6.2 | 5 km WNW of Accumoli, Italy | 4 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1942-12-29 | 6.2 | 2 km SE of Grabovci, Croatia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1946-01-25 | 6.2 | 2 km WNW of Kandersteg, Switzerland | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1923-03-15 | 6.1 | 2 km NE of Radiลกi?i, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-06-17 | 6.1 | 1 km WNW of Lestans, Italy | 24 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1969-10-27 | 6.1 | 4 km ENE of Trn, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1968-01-15 | 6.1 | 3 km NE of Montevago, Italy | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1916-05-17 | 6.0 | 19 km NNE of Gabicce Mare, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1927-02-14 | 6.0 | 11 km NW of Bile?a, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1915-07-07 | 6.0 | 25 km W of San Marco, Italy | 320 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2002-09-06 | 6.0 | 34 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy | 5 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2012-05-20 | 6.0 | 4 km NNE of Massa Finalese, Italy | 6 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-09-26 | 6.0 | 3 km SSE of Nocera Umbra, Italy | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1996-09-05 | 6.0 | 9 km ESE of Podgora, Croatia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1930-10-30 | 6.0 | 28 km NNE of Montignano-Marzocca, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1928-03-27 | 6.0 | 4 km SE of Zuglio, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1909-10-08 | 6.0 | 7 km ESE of Pokupsko, Croatia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1941-03-16 | 5.9 | 40 km NW of San Vito Lo Capo, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1910-06-07 | 5.9 | 1 km ENE of Cairano, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1962-06-11 | 5.9 | Bosnia and Herzegovina region | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1938-03-27 | 5.9 | 7 km ESE of Legrad, Croatia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1984-05-07 | 5.9 | 3 km WSW of Villetta Barrea, Italy | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1907-10-23 | 5.9 | 5 km NW of Africo Vecchio, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1918-11-10 | 5.8 | 8 km NNW of Sarsina, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1947-05-11 | 5.8 | 26 km E of Badolato Marina, Italy | 26 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1956-08-15 | 5.8 | 27 km NNW of Komiลพa, Croatia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1994-01-05 | 5.8 | 62 km NNE of Malfa, Italy | 273 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1990-05-05 | 5.8 | 6 km NE of Avigliano, Italy | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1985-10-27 | 5.8 | 11 km E of Didouche Mourad, Algeria | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2016-10-28 | 5.8 | 80 km NNE of Ustica, Italy | 458 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2006-10-26 | 5.8 | 40 km W of San Nicolรฒ, Italy | 212 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1936-10-18 | 5.8 | 4 km NNW of Polcenigo, Italy | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1906-01-02 | 5.8 | 4 km WNW of Sunja, Croatia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1917-01-29 | 5.8 | 3 km N of Rude, Croatia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1968-01-25 | 5.8 | 4 km ENE of Santa Margherita di Belice, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1911-04-05 | 5.8 | 9 km ESE of Marina di Camerota, Italy | 250 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1971-07-15 | 5.8 | 1 km SSW of San Prospero, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1919-10-22 | 5.7 | 18 km SSE of Anzio, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1932-01-02 | 5.7 | 60 km SSE of Capo Rizzuto, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2022-04-22 | 5.7 | 15 km NNE of Ljubinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1980-05-28 | 5.7 | 50 km W of Leni, Italy | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1979-04-15 | 5.7 | 13 km S of Tivat, Montenegro | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-11-23 | 5.7 | 1 km SSE of Trasaghis, Italy | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1978-04-15 | 5.7 | 12 km SE of Lipari, Italy | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2017-01-18 | 5.7 | 5 km ESE of Cittareale, Italy | 7 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1913-06-28 | 5.7 | 5 km SSE of Sartano, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1950-09-05 | 5.7 | 3 km NNE of Capitignano, Italy | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1964-04-13 | 5.7 | 3 km E of Podcrkavlje, Croatia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1970-09-07 | 5.6 | 3 km ENE of Oklaj, Croatia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1920-09-06 | 5.6 | 3 km SW of Palagano, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1922-12-29 | 5.6 | 3 km N of Roccasecca, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1933-09-26 | 5.6 | 4 km W of Palena, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1937-02-10 | 5.6 | 8 km ESE of Boumahra Ahmed, Algeria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1967-12-30 | 5.6 | 2 km SE of Longastrino, Italy | 12 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1945-08-04 | 5.6 | 101 km SSE of Weather Station, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1914-10-27 | 5.6 | 7 km NW of Marliana, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1926-01-01 | 5.6 | 8 km ESE of Pivka, Slovenia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1954-08-06 | 5.6 | 4 km NW of Albano di Lucania, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1977-12-30 | 5.6 | 4 km E of Marina di Camerota, Italy | 283 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1998-09-09 | 5.6 | 2 km NNE of Castelluccio Superiore, Italy | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1986-11-25 | 5.6 | 6 km SSW of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1966-08-20 | 5.6 | 24 km WSW of Budva, Montenegro | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1934-11-30 | 5.6 | 46 km NNE of Pietra la Croce, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1916-08-16 | 5.6 | 45 km NE of Ponte Sasso, Italy | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1924-04-15 | 5.6 | 6 km ESE of Naters, Switzerland | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1959-04-05 | 5.5 | 15 km W of Pontechianale, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1943-10-03 | 5.5 | 1 km SW of Piane di Montegiorgio, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1929-04-20 | 5.5 | 5 km W of Rapolano Terme, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1957-02-20 | 5.5 | Tunisia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2021-03-27 | 5.5 | 55 km N of Peschici, Italy | 7 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-10-06 | 5.5 | 6 km E of Valtopina, Italy | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1996-09-17 | 5.5 | 2 km NW of Podgora, Croatia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2004-05-05 | 5.5 | 5 km S of Leni, Italy | 229 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2003-03-29 | 5.5 | 51 km W of Komiลพa, Croatia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1984-05-13 | 5.5 | 10 km ENE of Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-01-22 | 5.5 | 4 km WSW of Usseglio, Italy | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1981-08-13 | 5.5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2009-04-07 | 5.5 | 1 km SW of San Panfilo d'Ocre, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2012-05-29 | 5.5 | 2 km NE of San Possidonio, Italy | 7 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1947-08-07 | 5.5 | 13 km NNE of Didouche Mourad, Algeria | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1948-08-18 | 5.5 | 5 km N of Carapelle, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1918-08-10 | 5.5 | 56 km SSE of San Lorenzo al Mare, Italy | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1936-10-03 | 5.5 | 0 km S of Kleinlobming, Austria | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1969-12-31 | 5.5 | 5 km NW of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |