Earthquake — Italy: Emilia Romagna: Mirandola

When

20 May 2012

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.1

Where

Italy

Coordinates

44.89° N, 11.23° E

Deaths

7

Injuries

50

Depth km

6

Severe earthquakes centered in Emilia-Romagna, Italy

In May 2012, two major earthquakes struck Northern Italy, causing 27 deaths and widespread damage. The events are known in Italy as the 2012 Emilia earthquakes, because they mainly affected the Emilia region.

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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “20 et 29 mai : séismes en Émilie-Romagne”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Землетрясение на Севере Италии магнитудой 6,0”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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