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Natural Disasters in Italy

334 significant events · page 5/6

Significant natural disasters recorded within Italy, sorted by magnitude and impact. Location is determined from coordinates against modern national borders; each event has its own page with date, source and nearby events.

  1. 241.1703 CEEarthquake — Italy, Central Apennino, Norcia, L'aquila, Perugia· 40,000 deaths
  2. 242.1783 CETsunami — Tyrrhenian Calabria· 30,000 deaths
  3. 243.1456 CEEarthquake — Italy, Avellino, Napoli, Abruzzi, Brindisi, Benevento· 30,000 deaths
  4. 244.1456 CETsunami — Bay Of Naples· 30,000 deaths
  5. 245.1169 CEEarthquake — Italy, Sicily: Siracusa (Syracuse), Calabria· 16,000 deaths
  6. 246.1169 CEVolcanic Eruption — Etna, Italy· 16,000 deaths
  7. 247.1169 CETsunami — Eastern Sicily· 16,000 deaths
  8. 248.1137 CEEarthquake — Italy, Sicily: Catania· 15,000 deaths
  9. 249.1222 CEEarthquake — Italy, Brescia· 12,000 deaths
  10. 250.1857 CEEarthquake — Italy, Calabria, Montemurro· 10,000 deaths
  11. 251.1757 CEEarthquake — Italy, Siracusa (Syracuse)· 10,000 deaths
  12. 252.1703 CETsunami — Latium· 10,000 deaths
  13. 253.1638 CETsunami — Tyrrhenian Calabria· 9,581 deaths
  14. 254.1248 CEEarthquake — Italy, Sabaudia· 9,000 deaths
  15. 255.1805 CEEarthquake — Italy, Molise, Rosolone, Napoli (Naples), Isernia· 5,600 deaths
  16. 256.1627 CETsunami — Gargano Peninsula· 5,000 deaths
  17. 257.1348 CEEarthquake — Austria, Villach, Italy:veneto, Slovenia:celovac· 5,000 deaths
  18. 258.1328 CEEarthquake — Italy, Norcia· 5,000 deaths
  19. 259.1694 CEEarthquake — Italy, Calitri· 4,057 deaths
  20. 260.1631 CEEarthquake — Italy, Naples (Napoli)· 4,000 deaths
  21. 261.1631 CETsunami — Bay Of Naples· 4,000 deaths
  22. 262.1361 CEEarthquake — Italy, Basilicata To Pouilles· 4,000 deaths
  23. 263.1731 CETsunami — Tyrrhenian Sea· 3,600 deaths
  24. 264.1688 CEEarthquake — Italy, Benevento· 3,311 deaths
  25. 265.1511 CEEarthquake — Italy, Cividale Del Fruili· 3,000 deaths
  26. 266.1883 CEEarthquake — Italy, Ischia Is: Casamicciola, Forino, Lacco Ameno· 2,313 deaths
  27. 267.79 CEEarthquake — Italy, Naples (Napoli)· 2,100 deaths
  28. 268.79 CETsunami — Bay Of Naples· 2,100 deaths
  29. 269.1659 CEEarthquake — Italy, Panaija, Soriano, Polia· 2,035 deaths
  30. 270.1963 CETsunami — Vajont Dam, Vajont River· 2,000 deaths
  31. 271.1688 CEEarthquake — Italy, Pisticci· 2,000 deaths
  32. 272.1352 CEEarthquake — Italy, Sansepolcro· 2,000 deaths
  33. 273.1349 CEEarthquake — Italy, L'aquila, Abruzzi, Sannio· 2,000 deaths
  34. 274.1732 CEEarthquake — Italy, Ariano, Lucanie, Avellino· 1,940 deaths
  35. 275.1783 CETsunami — Messina Straits· 1,500 deaths
  36. 276.1672 CETsunami — Central Adriatic· 1,500 deaths
  37. 277.1706 CEEarthquake — Italy, Sulmona To Campobasso, Abruzzi· 1,000 deaths
  38. 278.1086 CEEarthquake — Italy, Siracusa (Syracuse)· 1,000 deaths
  39. 279.614 CEEarthquake — Italy· 1,000 deaths
  40. 280.1065 CEEarthquake — Italy, Sicily: Catania, Messina, Milazzo, Pale· 975 deaths
  41. 281.1851 CEEarthquake — Italy, Melfi, Rapolla, Barile, Rionero, Mt Vulture· 671 deaths
  42. 282.1564 CETsunami — Liguria-Cote D'azur· 650 deaths
  43. 283.1654 CEEarthquake — Italy, Alvito, Bellomonte, Pontecorvo, Sora· 600 deaths
  44. 284.1561 CEEarthquake — Italy, Picerno, Tito, Buccino· 600 deaths
  45. 285.1836 CEEarthquake — Italy, Rossano, Crosia, Craco, Basilicata· 589 deaths
  46. 286.1836 CETsunami — Rossano· 589 deaths
  47. 287.1905 CETsunami — Tyrrhenian Calabria· 557 deaths
  48. 288.1789 CEEarthquake — Italy, Citta Di Castello, Sansepolcro· 500 deaths
  49. 289.1854 CEEarthquake — Italy, Connici, Cosenza, Pietrafitta, Paterno· 468 deaths
  50. 290.1906 CETsunami — Tyrrhenian Sea· 350 deaths
  51. 291.1954 CEFlood — Salerno· 322 deaths
  52. 292.1885 CEFlood — Torino, Cuneo· 306 deaths
  53. 293.1640 CEEarthquake — Italy, Badolato· 300 deaths
  54. 294.1726 CEEarthquake — Italy, Palermo, Marsala, Mazzara· 250 deaths
  55. 295.1726 CETsunami — Northern Sicily· 250 deaths
  56. 296.1832 CETsunami — Cutro· 234 deaths
  57. 297.1892 CEFlood — Cagliari, Sud Sardegna· 203 deaths
  58. 298.1910 CEFlood — Napoli, Salerno· 200 deaths
  59. 299.1730 CEEarthquake — Italy, Norcia· 200 deaths
  60. 300.1414 CEEarthquake — Italy, Sansepolcro· 200 deaths

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