JEarthquake measuring 5.2 shakes the northern Italian region of Alto Adige, killing one woman. 26, 1997 - Two earthquakes measuring 6.4 kill 11 people and cause serious damage to the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi, damaging priceless Medieval frescoes.Ī man is pulled out of the rubble following the earthquake in Amatrice on August 24, 2016. 13, 1990 - Earthquake centred in the sea off Sicily kills 13 people and injures 200. The epicentre was at Eboli but damage was reported over a huge area towards Naples. 23, 1980 - Some 2,735 people are killed and more than 7,500 injured in an earthquake measuring 6.5. An earthquake measuring 6.5 rocks Friuli in Italy's northeastern corner, killing 976 people and leaving 70,000 others homeless. JA quake measuring 6.5 strikes the region of Irpinia in southern Italy, killing around 1,400 people. Some 32,600 are killed when an earthquake measuring 7.0 strikes Avezzano in central Italy. More than 82,000 people are killed in a 7.2 magnitude earthquake which reduces Sicily's second largest city Messina to rubble and damages the city of Reggio Calabria across the straits on the mainland.
