Despite being a moderately-sized earthquake, it caused major destruction. Between 24 and 33 people were killed, 150 were injured and about 5,000 were left homeless. Forty homes were destroyed and 1,678 were damaged, amounting to a total loss of $41 million (1971 rate). It was reported that the medieval section of Tuscania, a city of 8,000 inhabitants, was practically leveled, and 60 percent of the city's buildings were destroyed. Among those structures sustaining serious damage was the 8th century St. Peter's Church and the 12th century Basilica of St. Mary Major, both recently restored. The heavy damage sustained was due to the shallow depth of the earthquake and poorly constructed buildings.[4][3][7]
^ ab"Today in Earthquake History". earthquake.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved June 15, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^Stefanini, Anna Maria (February 6, 2022). "ACCADDE OGGI 6 FEBBRAIO 1971: UN VIOLENTO TERREMOTO DEVASTA TUSCANIA". lamiacittanews.it (in Italian). Retrieved March 10, 2022.
^Console R., Sonaglia A. (1972). Studio del terremoto di Tuscania(PDF) (in Italian). Rome: Annali di Geofisica. pp. 367–390.[permanent dead link]
External linksedit
Page about this earthquake in the CFTI5MED catalogue of strong earthquakes in Italy and in the Mediterranean area, Guidoboni et al. 2019, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.
This Italian history article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
1971, tuscania, earthquake, occurred, february, italy, epicenter, located, halfway, between, tuscania, arlena, castro, about, west, viterbo, body, wave, magnitude, time1971, 08isc, event786944usgs, anssn, alocal, datefebruary, 1971local, time19, cetmagnitudemb. The 1971 Tuscania earthquake occurred on February 6 in Italy It had an epicenter located halfway between Tuscania and Arlena di Castro about 20 km west of Viterbo 5 1 6 It had a body wave magnitude of 4 6 1971 Tuscania earthquakeUTC time1971 02 06 18 09 08ISC event786944USGS ANSSn aLocal dateFebruary 6 1971Local time19 09 CETMagnitudemb 4 6Md4 9ML5 1 1 Depth2 0 km 1 2 mi 2 Epicenter42 26 34 8 N 11 50 45 6 E 42 443000 N 11 846000 E 42 443000 11 846000Areas affectedLazio ItalyMax intensityVIII Heavily damaging 3 Casualties24 33 dead 150 injured 4 3 Contents 1 Damage and casualties 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksDamage and casualties editDespite being a moderately sized earthquake it caused major destruction Between 24 and 33 people were killed 150 were injured and about 5 000 were left homeless Forty homes were destroyed and 1 678 were damaged amounting to a total loss of 41 million 1971 rate It was reported that the medieval section of Tuscania a city of 8 000 inhabitants was practically leveled and 60 percent of the city s buildings were destroyed Among those structures sustaining serious damage was the 8th century St Peter s Church and the 12th century Basilica of St Mary Major both recently restored The heavy damage sustained was due to the shallow depth of the earthquake and poorly constructed buildings 4 3 7 See also edit nbsp Italy portal nbsp Earth sciences portalList of earthquakes in 1971 List of earthquakes in ItalyReferences edit a b Cucci Luigi Tertulliani Andrea Castellano Corrado September 1 2020 Children of a Lesser Seismological God The 1971 Tuscania Central Italy Historical Earthquake Seismological Research Letters 91 5 2563 2578 Bibcode 2020SeiRL 91 2563C doi 10 1785 0220200040 ISSN 0895 0695 S2CID 219907433 Event 786944 Central Italy International Seismological Centre ISC On Line Bulletin Retrieved September 26 2022 a b c National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology Il terremoto a Tuscania VT del 6 febbraio 1971 ingvterremoti com in Italian Retrieved March 10 2022 a b Today in Earthquake History earthquake usgs gov US Geological Survey Retrieved June 15 2021 nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Significant Earthquake ITALY TUSCANIA National Geophysical Data Center February 6 1971 Retrieved March 24 2021 Stefanini Anna Maria February 6 2022 ACCADDE OGGI 6 FEBBRAIO 1971 UN VIOLENTO TERREMOTO DEVASTA TUSCANIA lamiacittanews it in Italian Retrieved March 10 2022 Console R Sonaglia A 1972 Studio del terremoto di Tuscania PDF in Italian Rome Annali di Geofisica pp 367 390 permanent dead link External links editPage about this earthquake in the CFTI5MED catalogue of strong earthquakes in Italy and in the Mediterranean area Guidoboni et al 2019 Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia INGV The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and or authoritative data for this event nbsp nbsp This Italian history article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an earthquake in Europe is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1971 Tuscania earthquake amp oldid 1199412255, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
