Florence, May 7, 2026 - Fifty years ago, on the evening of May 6, 1976, a terrible earthquake with epicenter near the town of Gemona devastated Friuli. The earthquake lasted 59 seconds and devastated the hills north of Udine: nearly a thousand victims, more than 3,000 wounded, more than a hundred damaged countries. Gemona alone counted 400 deaths. Hundreds of shocks; that of September 15, of magnitude 5.9, caused further devastation. But a new, …
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Florence, May 7, 2026 - Fifty years ago, on the evening of May 6, 1976, a terrible earthquake with epicenter near the town of Gemona devastated Friuli. The earthquake lasted 59 seconds and devastated the hills north of Udine: nearly a thousand victims, more than 3,000 wounded, more than a hundred damaged countries. Gemona alone counted 400 deaths. Hundreds of shocks; that of September 15, of magnitude 5.9, caused further devastation. But a new, …