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An earthquake, measuring 6.2 ± 0.016 [3] on the moment magnitude scale, hit Central Italy on 24 August 2016 at 03:36:32 CEST (01:36 UTC).Its epicentre was close to Accumoli, with its hypocentre at a depth of 4 ± 1 km, [1] approximately 75 km (47 mi) southeast of Perugia and 45 km (28 mi) north of L'Aquila, in an area near the borders of the Umbria, Lazio, Abruzzo and Marche regions.
A series of major earthquakes struck Central Italy between the Marche and Umbria regions in October 2016. The third quake on 30 October was the largest in Italy in 36 years, since the 1980 Irpinia earthquake .
Map of earthquakes in Italy 1900-2017 Earthquakes M5.5+ (1900–2016) Mediterranean. This is a list of earthquakes in Italy that had epicentres in Italy, or significantly affected the country. On average every four years an earthquake with a magnitude equal to or greater than 5.5 occurs in Italy. [1]
It was a bigger quake than one which hit central Italy on Aug. 24, killing almost 300 people.
This is a list of earthquakes in 2016. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, ... A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Italy 5 km (3.1 mi) ...
Large earthquakes have a higher chance of happening during full and new moons, finds a new study out of Japan.
Large earthquakes have a higher chance of happening during full and new moons, finds a new study out of Japan. Big earthquakes shown to happen more during full moons Skip to main content
January 2017 Central Italy earthquakes Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title 2016–17 Central Italy earthquakes .