Earthquake — Italy: Ne, Balkans Nw: Slovenia: Nw

When

6 May 1976

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.5

Where

Italy

Coordinates

46.36° N, 13.28° E

Deaths

978

Injuries

1700

Damage musd

3600

Intensity mmi

10

Depth km

9

Extreme earthquake in Italy

The 1976 Friuli earthquake, also known in Italy as Terremoto del Friuli and Orcolat, occurred on 6 May 1976, at 21:00:13 with a moment magnitude of 6.5 and a maximum EMS intensity of X. The shock occurred in the Friuli region in northeast Italy near the town of Gemona del Friuli. 990 people were killed, up to about 3,000 were injured, and more than 157,000 were left 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 “An earthquake hits the Friuli area in Italy, killing more than 900 people and making another 100,000 homeless”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bei einem Erdbeben der Stärke 6,5 in der italienischen Region Friaul-Julisch Venetien kommen 989 Menschen ums Leben, rund 2.400 werden verletzt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “tremblement de terre dans le Frioul”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la región italiana de Friuli se registra un terremoto de 6,5 que deja un saldo de 990 muertos y 3.000 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page