Vicenza

Earthquakes near Vicenza through history

From 1900 to October 19, 2026, USGS recorded one earthquake of magnitude 6 or more within 100 km of Vicenza, or 200 km for magnitude 7 and above. None reached magnitude 7: the strongest was an estimated magnitude 6.2 on February 25, 1695 (Asolo,Treviso).

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The last 30 days · as of

USGS recorded no earthquake of magnitude 4.5 or more within 100 km of Vicenza in the last 30 days.

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What the record holds

The deadliest was not the strongest: an earthquake on November 17, 1570 (Ferrara,Bologna,Padova,Venizia,Treviso), for which NOAA records 125 deaths. NOAA’s list of significant earthquakes has 26 here, back to 178 BCE. NOAA records deaths in 6 of the events here, 253 in all. The latest on NOAA’s list is a magnitude 5.9 on May 29, 2012 (Emilia Romagna: Medolla, Mirandola, Cavezzo). NOAA’s record here begins in 178 BCE with an earthquake (Sabines). It grows thinner going back: 6 of the 26 significant earthquakes NOAA lists here are from 1927 on. NOAA lists 25 tsunamis that began within 100 km of Vicenza, and one from elsewhere that reached it with deaths or a metre of water or more. The highest water NOAA records here was 70 m, on October 9, 1963.

The events

  • May 29, 2012Earthquake · M 5.9Emilia Romagna: Medolla, Mirandola, Cavezzo · 17 deaths (NOAA)NOAA NCEI
  • May 20, 2012Earthquake · M 6.04 km NNE of Massa Finalese, Italy · 7 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • October 9, 1963Tsunami · 70 m hereVajont Dam, Vajont RiverNOAA NCEI
  • February 25, 1695Earthquake · M 6.2 (est.)Asolo,TrevisoNOAA NCEI
  • November 17, 1570EarthquakeFerrara,Bologna,Padova,Venizia,Treviso · 125 deaths (NOAA)NOAA NCEI
  • 178 BCEEarthquakeSabinesNOAA NCEI

Good to know

  • An event counts for Vicenza when it began within 100 km of its centre, or 200 km for an earthquake of magnitude 7 or more. Damage can reach further.
  • USGS counts here start at magnitude 6: the catalogue’s smaller quakes thin out going back, where few instruments listened.
  • NOAA lists significant events only: earthquakes that killed, did about $1 million of damage, reached magnitude 7.5 or intensity X, or raised a tsunami, and eruptions and tsunamis by like measures. Magnitudes before 1900 are its estimates from written accounts.
  • Deaths are NOAA’s total for each event, wherever people died, its tsunami and fires included. A tsunami counts the dead its runup records give for this place: NOAA’s total for a tsunami includes its source quake’s.
  • A tsunami from elsewhere counts where one of its runups killed or rose a metre or more.
  • Counted to October 19, 2026, as is the map. The last 30 days ask USGS again.

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