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11 May 2020 No earthquake has ever had Rome as its epicenter. The earthquakes that have been felt in the capital over the past six hundred years came mainly from other nearby cities or regions. It was defined as frightening that which on 2 February 1438 had as its epicenter Grottaferrata. According to the chronicles, on 14 January 1703 there was one of the most serious seismic crises in central Italy by number of victims, number of inhabited centers destroyed or seriously damaged, extension of the area affected by the shocks. The epicenter was in Abruzzo but on that occasion the Colosseum reported some damage with the collapse of three arches of the second order. On August 26, 1806, an earthquake of 5.5 magnitude generated by the volcano under the Castelli Romani caused damage and deaths between Genzano, Rocca di Papa and Velletri. On March 22, 1812, an earthquake of magnitude 5.0 collapsed part of the facade of the church of San Paolo alle Tre Fontane (Eur area) and on November 1, 1895, a shock, with Castelporziano epicenter, caused damage in the districts of Trastevere and Testaccio. On July 19, 1899 the earth trembled in the Colli Albani area (with partial collapses and injuries, also in important monuments, such as the church of the Gesu ', San Giovanni in Laterano, Palazzo Chigi, Palazzo Sciarra, Aurelian walls) followed ten years later by one, of magnitude 4.8, felt in the Monte Mario area with great panic for the inhabitants of the Prati and Trionfale neighborhood. And apart from the disastrous one of the Marsica of 13 January 1915 which razed Avezzano to the ground, with shocks obviously felt in the capital, on 26 December 1927 the fourth most violent earthquake produced by the volcano of the Alban Hills occurred: some countries lost , such as Nemi, Genzano, Lanuvio, Ariccia, Albano Laziale and Velletri. In Rome some buildings were damaged. The earthquake of magnitude 5.8 was felt in the capital, which hit an area between Umbria and Marche on 26 September 1997, hitting Foligno and Colfiorito. The Baths of Caracalla suffered injuries when on 6 April 2009 the whole of central Italy was hit by the violent earthquake of 6 April 2009. The shock (1.8) was much milder than on September 20, 2013 which had the epicenter of the towns of Rocca of Botte and Oricola (in the province of L'Aquila) and Cervara of Rome. And in many districts of the capital the earthquake that demolished Amatrice and Accumoli in October 2016 was felt.Rome, the earthquake shocks that made the capital tremble
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No earthquake has ever had Rome as its epicenter. The earthquakes that have been felt in the capital over the past six hundred years came mainly from other nearby cities or regions. It was defined as frightening that which on 2 February 1438 had as its epicenter Grottaferrata. According to the chronicles, on 14 January 1703 there was one of the most serious seismic crises in central Italy by number of victims, number of inhabited centers destroyed or seriously damaged, extension of the area affected by the shocks. The epicenter was in Abruzzo but on that occasion the Colosseum reported some damage with the collapse of three arches of the second order. On August 26, 1806, an earthquake of 5.5 magnitude generated by the volcano under the Castelli Romani caused damage and deaths between Genzano, Rocca di Papa and Velletri. On March 22, 1812, an earthquake of magnitude 5.0 collapsed part of the facade of the church of San Paolo alle Tre Fontane (Eur area) and on November 1, 1895, a shock, with Castelporziano epicenter, caused damage in the districts of Trastevere and Testaccio. On July 19, 1899 the earth trembled in the Colli Albani area (with partial collapses and injuries, also in important monuments, such as the church of the Gesu ', San Giovanni in Laterano, Palazzo Chigi, Palazzo Sciarra, Aurelian walls) followed ten years later by one, of magnitude 4.8, felt in the Monte Mario area with great panic for the inhabitants of the Prati and Trionfale neighborhood. And apart from the disastrous one of the Marsica of 13 January 1915 which razed Avezzano to the ground, with shocks obviously felt in the capital, on 26 December 1927 the fourth most violent earthquake produced by the volcano of the Colli Albani occurred: some countries lost , such as Nemi, Genzano, Lanuvio, Ariccia, Albano Laziale and Velletri. In Rome some buildings were damaged. The earthquake of magnitude 5.8 was felt in the capital, which hit an area between Umbria and Marche on 26 September 1997, hitting Foligno and Colfiorito. The Baths of Caracalla suffered injuries when on 6 April 2009 the whole of central Italy was hit by the violent earthquake of 6 April 2009. The shock (1.8) was much milder than on September 20, 2013 which had the epicenter of the towns of Rocca of Botte and Oricola (in the province of L'Aquila) and Cervara of Rome. And in many districts of the capital the earthquake that demolished Amatrice and Accumoli in October 2016 was felt.
Source: rainews