Earthquake — Italy: Avellino, Potenza, Caserta, Naples

When

23 Nov 1980

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.9

Where

Italy

Coordinates

40.91° N, 15.37° E

Deaths

4689

Injuries

7700

Damage musd

20000

Intensity mmi

10

Depth km

20

1980 earthquake in southern Italy

The 1980 Irpinia earthquake took place in Italy on 23 November 1980, with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). It left at least 2,483 people dead, at least 7,700 injured, and 250,000 homeless.

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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 “The 6.9 Irpinia earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Beim Erdbeben in der Irpinia, (Süditalien) kommen etwa 3.000 Menschen ums Leben, etwa 9.000 werden verletzt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un tremblement de terre de magnitude 6,8 fait victimes en Italie du Sud”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un violento terremoto de 6,9 sacude el sur de Italia dejando un saldo de 4.900 muertos y 8.900 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page