Today in Earthquake History

Today's Earthquake Fact:
The hypocenter of an earthquake is the location beneath the Earth's surface where the rupture of the fault begins. The epicenter of an earthquake is the location directly above the hypocenter on the surface of the Earth.

Year at a Glance

September

Note: All earthquake dates are UTC, not local time.

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Year	Location	Magnitude	Comment

1920	Lunigiana-Garfagnana (Tuscany), Italy	6.4	171 deaths. Damage in the Lunigiana and Garfagnana Valleys. 650 people were injured. The quake was felt from the Cote d'Azur, France to Friuli, throughout Toscana (Tuscany) and into Umbria and Marche. The number of casualties was reduced because many workers were already out in the farms when the quake struck and a foreshock the day before had alerted the people. From E. Boschi, E. Guidoboni, G. Ferrari, G. Valensise and P. Gasperini, Catalogue of Strong Italian Earthquakes from 461 B.C. to 1990, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica, Rome and Storia Geofisica Ambiente, Bologna, Italy, on-line (in Italian with English headings and explanations), 2000.

1999	Greece	6.0	One hundred forty-three people killed, 1,600 injured, 50,000 homeless and at least 53,000 buildings damaged or destroyed (IX) in the Athens area. Preliminary estimate of damage at 655 million U.S. dollars. Felt in much of central Greece and as far as Izmir, Turkey From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1999.

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