1976 Friuli earthquake

Extreme earthquake in Italy 1976 Friuli earthquake 1976-05-06 20:00:12 713583 usp0000g5v 6 May 1976 21:00:13 Italy 6.5 w y 10 km on 46.37 13.32 region:IT_type:event inline,title Dip-slip Italy Yugoslavia (Slovenia) Austria X 4.5 b y 6 May at 19:59 990 dead 1,700–3,000 injured The 1976 Friuli earthquake, also known in Italy as Terremoto del Friuli (Friulian earthquake) and Orcolat 13 May 2026 L’Orcolat https://www.tieremotus.it/museo/l-orcolat/ Tiere Motus ("big, bad ogre"), occurred on 6 May 1976, at 21:00:13 (20:00:13 UTC) with a moment magnitude of 6.5 and a maximum EMS intensity of X (very destructive).https://www.nuquake.eu/Publications/Tertulliani_etal_BGTA_2018.pdf The 6 May 1976 Friuli Earthquake: Re-evaluating and Consolidating Transnational Macroseismic Data Tertulliani A. etal Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata 59 4 2018 417–444 10.4430/bgta0234 The shock occurred in the Friuli region in northeast Italy near the town of Gemona del Friuli. 990 people were killed,Lessi Davide 2016-05-06 Friuli, 40 anni dopo spunta un'altra vittima del sisma Friuli earthquake, 40 years later another victim is added to the count https://www.lastampa.it/cronaca/2016/05/06/news/friuli-40-anni-dopo-spunta-un-altra-vittima-del-sisma-1.34998971 Italian La Stampa Turin 2020-04-19 up to about 3,000 were injured, and more than 157,000 were left homeless. Damage Periadriatic Seam Seventy-seven villages in the Friuli region were affected. Gemona del Friuli was greatly damaged, with about 400 people killed in the town itself. Despite extensive emergency measures and international aid by the end of 1976, 15,000 people were still living in camping trailers, train freight cars, 1,000 in tents and 25,000 in evacuation centres. The damage was estimated at $4.25 million.https://books.google.com/books?id=jfvjsFry2KkC&pg=PA22 Environmental Issues in the Mediterranean John Wainwright John B. Thornes 2003 Routledge 978-0203495490 22https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2023/05/06/news/terremoto_friuli_1976_morti_danni-398977276/ Orcolat, il terremoto che 47 anni fa distrusse il Friuli. Furono mille i morti e 3mila i feriti: ma l'area seppe rinascere la Republica it 2023-05-06 Much of the town has since been reconstructed. The tremor was felt in Venice, as well as neighbouring Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia (at the time part of Yugoslavia) and Germany. In Slovenia, the upper Soča valley and the Brda area was particularly affected, with the village of Breginj nearly completely destroyed. The earthquake damaged several buildings in Nova Gorica and was felt also in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana. A total of 4,000 buildings were destroyed and 16,000 others were damaged across Slovenia, with around 80 percent of the population in the affected areas left homeless.https://www.24ur.com/novice/slovenija/40-let-od-rusilnega-potresa-v-posocju-in-furlaniji.html FOTO in VIDEO: 40 let od rušilnega potresa v Posočju in Furlaniji, ki je zahteval skoraj 1000 življenj 24UR sl 2016-05-06 210px|thumb|left|The parish church of Osoppo after the earthquake and before the Belltower collapsed in 15th September earthquake thumb|USGS ShakeMap showing the intensity of the 1976 Friuli earthquake thumb|3D diagram of the geology of the affected area, showing the main geological layers, thrust faults, hypocentral area and the location of isoseismal lines The Italian Government nominated Chamber of Deputies member Giuseppe Zamberletti as coordinator of aid efforts on behalf of the regional administration. The national funds were assigned to the reconstruction of the damaged buildings by Zamberletti and the regional council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. From September to December 1976 all the earthquake victims were accommodated into prefabricated buildings, in order to better cope with the winter. Many local inhabitants lived in the Government supplied trailers and train freight cars for many years while homes were rebuilt. After Zamberletti's mandate the regional government of Friuli-Venezia Giulia was able to completely rebuild many towns, thanks to an accurate resource management, however some towns took over a decade to fully recover. Nowadays, many years after the tragedy, the State's intervention, the earthquake management and reconstruction in Friuli-Venezia Giulia are seen as a great example of efficiency and reliability.Il "modello friuli" di ricostruzione 978-8884209887 Carpenedo Diego 2017 Forum Aftershocks There were many aftershocks, with two sets of strong shocks on 11 September (16:31, 5.5 s yand 16:35, 5.4 s) and again on 15 September (03:15, 6.0 s and 9:21, 5.9 s) 1976. Aftermath This event also spurred the foundation of the Protezione Civile (the Italian Civil Defence body that deals with nationwide prevention and management of emergencies and catastrophic events).https://servizio-nazionale.protezionecivile.gov.it/en/pagina-base/friuli-earthquake/ The Friuli earthquake servizio-nazionale.protezionecivile.gov 3 May 2026 In 2026 a comic book in memory of the 1976 Friuli earthquake was released13 May 2026 “L’urlo dell’Orcolat”: un fumetto per ricordare il terremoto del Friuli del 1976 https://www.protezionecivile.gov.it/it/comunicato-stampa/lurlo-dellorcolat-un-fumetto-ricordare-il-terremoto-del-friuli-del-1976/ From April 25 to May 17 2026 the ARI (Associazione Radioamatori ItalianiA.R.I. Sezione di Udine ODV https://www.ariudine.it/ 2026-05-13 www.ariudine.it) Section of Udine ran a special amateur radio station to commemorate 50th anniversary of the earthquake. Amateur radio operators had provided vital communications when telephone and power lines failed, helping to coordinating rescue efforts.ARI-CRFVG Orcolat 50 https://www.ari-crfvg.it/orcolat50.asp 2026-05-13 www.ari-crfvg.it See also List of earthquakes in 1976 List of earthquakes in Italy List of earthquakes in Slovenia References Teleseismic observations of the 1976 Friuli, Italy earthquake sequence http://bssa.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/70/4/963 John Cipar 1980 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America Seismological Society of America 70 4 966 ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009) http://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php ISC 2015 International Seismological Centre Version 2.0 PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200313112456/ftp://hazards.cr.usgs.gov/web/data/pager/catalogs/ dead 2020-03-13 September 4, 2009 United States Geological Survey Version 2008_06.1 Further reading 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05561.x Reassessment of the source of the 1976 Friuli, NE Italy, earthquake sequence from the joint inversion of high-precision levelling and triangulation data 2012 Cheloni D. d'Agostino N. d'Anastasio E. Selvaggi G. Geophysical Journal International 190 2 1279–1294 2012GeoJI.190.1279C free 10.1016/0040-1951(79)90070-2 The Friuli earthquake (1976–1977) 1979 Finetti I. Russi M. Slejko D. Tectonophysics 53 3–4 261–272 1979Tectp..53..261F Parolai Stefano Moratto Luca Bertoni Michele Scaini Chiara Rebez Alessandro Could a Decentralized Onsite Earthquake Early Warning System Help in Mitigating Seismic Risk in Northeastern Italy? The Case of the 1976 Ms 6.5 Friuli Earthquake Seismological Research Letters Seismological Society of America (SSA) 91 6 2020 0895-0695 10.1785/0220200177 3323–3333 2020SeiRL..91.3323P 228935116 10.4430/bgta0224 2018 Slejko D. What science remains of the 1976 Friuli earthquake? External links 1976: More bodies found after Italy quake – BBC 713583 1976 Friuli 1976 Friuli Category:1976 earthquakes Category:1976 in Italy 1976 Earthquake Category:1976 in Yugoslavia Category:May 1976 in Europe Category:1976 disasters in Europe Category:1970s disasters in Italy