What the records say
- When
- 24 Aug 2016
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.2
- Where
- Italy
- Coordinates
- 42.72° N, 13.19° E
- Deaths
- 299
- Injuries
- 368
- Missing
- 15
- Damage musd
- 5000
- Intensity mmi
- 9
- Depth km
- 4
August 2016 Central Italy earthquake
An earthquake, measuring 6.2 ± 0.016 on the moment magnitude scale, hit Central Italy on 24 August 2016 at 03:36:32 CEST. Its epicentre was close to Accumoli, with its hypocentre at a depth of 4 ± 1 km, 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. As of 15 November 2016, 299 people had been killed.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 hits central Italy, killing 299 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “İtalya'da meydana gelen 6,2 Ms büyüklüğündeki depremde 299 kişi öldü”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “séisme de magnitude 6,2 en Italie centrale”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в итальянской провинции Риети произошло землетрясение, погибли более 250 человек”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Italia central se registra un terremoto de magnitud 6,2 de intensidad, causando 294 muertos y 388 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “意大利中部發生黎克特制6.2級淺層地震,震源深度只有10公里,釀成296死388傷。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “(現地時間)マグニチュード (M) 6.2のイタリア中部地震が発生。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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