M 6.7 earthquake – 4 km WNW of San Benedetto dei Marsi, Italy
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Local time: Jan 13, 1915 · 07:52 (UTC+1)
StrongShallow · 15 km
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- Magnitude
- 6.7moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 15 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 42.025, 13.57813 km from Avezzano
- Energy released
- 169 kilotons of TNTabout 11 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 6.9max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 49 km
- Significance
- 689USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest within 300 km on record
No earthquake this strong has been recorded this close since our catalog begins in 1900.
How strong was it?
Strong earthquake. It released 169 kilotons of TNT, 355 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Italy.
- 6.9 2 km N of Cairano, Italy Nov 23, 1980
- 6.6 3 km SSW of Bisaccia Nuova, Italy Jul 23, 1930
- 6.6 5 km ESE of Preci, Italy Oct 30, 2016
- 6.3 3 km SE of Sassa, Italy Apr 6, 2009
- 6.2 1 km NNW of Vicchio, Italy Jun 29, 1919
- 6.2 5 km WNW of Accumoli, Italy Aug 24, 2016
- 6.2 3 km SW of Montecalvo Irpino, Italy Aug 21, 1962
- 6.1 2 km NNW of Visso, Italy Oct 26, 2016