 USGS 20 May intensity map | |
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| UTC time | |
|---|---|
| 2012-05-20 02:03:53 | |
| 2012-05-29 07:00:03 | |
| ISC event | |
| 601025379 | |
| 605482196 | |
| USGS-ANSS | |
| ComCat | |
| ComCat | |
| Local date | |
| 20 May 2012 | |
| 29 May 2012 | |
| Local time | |
| 04:03 | |
| 09:00 | |
| Duration | 12 seconds |
| Magnitude | 6.1 Mw |
| 5.8 Mw | |
| Depth | 5.6 km (3.5 mi) |
| Epicenter | 44°54′N 11°14′E / 44.9°N 11.24°E |
| Type | Thrust |
| Areas affected | Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
| Max. intensity | MMI VIII (Severe) |
| Aftershocks | 86 |
| Casualties | 27 dead (7 on 20 May and 20 on 29 May), at least 50 injured in the first quake and 350 in the second, up to 45,000 homeless in total[1][2] |
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.
The first earthquake, registering magnitude 6.1, struck in the Emilia-Romagna region, about 36 kilometres (22 miles) north of the city of Bologna, on 20 May at 04:03 local time (02:03 UTC). The epicentre was between Finale Emilia, Bondeno and Sermide. Two aftershocks of magnitude 5.2 occurred, one approximately an hour after the main event[3] and another approximately eleven hours after the main event.[4] Seven people were killed.
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the same area nine days later, on 29 May, causing an additional twenty deaths and widespread damage, particularly to buildings already weakened by the 20 May earthquake.[5] The epicentre was in Medolla: the quake itself occurred at a depth of about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi).[6]
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- ^ "Terremoto : 16 morti, e 350 feriti Monti: «Lo Stato farà tutto il possibile". Corriere della Sera. 24 December 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2016.