List of disasters in Italy by death toll

This list of Italian disasters by death toll includes major disasters (excluding acts of war) that occurred on Italian soil or involved Italian citizens, in a definable incident. This list only includes disaster that occurred after the 1861 proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, and as such disasters such as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD are not included.

over 500 deaths

FatalitiesYearArticleTypeLocationComments400,000-600,0001918-1920Spanish Flu pandemic in ItalyPandemicNationwide198,5232020-2024COVID-19 pandemic in ItalyPandemicNationwide75,000-82,00019081908 Messina earthquakeEarthquakeSicily and Calabria ~50,0001884-18871881–1896 cholera pandemicPandemicNationwide30,51919151915 Avezzano earthquakeEarthquakeProvince of L'Aquila, Abruzzo 48,3561982-ongoingHIV/AIDS in ItalyPandemicNationwide~2,5001963Vajont Dam disasterDam collapseVajont river valley in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Veneto 2,48319801980 Irpinia earthquakeEarthquakeCampania , Basilicata , and Apulia 2,313-3,10018831883 Casamicciola earthquakeEarthquakeIschia, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania 1,40419301930 Irpinia earthquakeEarthquakeCampania , Basilicata , and Apulia 99019761976 Friuli earthquakeEarthquakeFriuli-Venezia Giulia ~60018871887 Liguria earthquakeEarthquakeProvince of Imperia, Liguria 5621891Sinking of the SS UtopiaShipwreckGibraltar Sank en route from Trieste to New York, virtually all passengers on board were Italian emigrants.55819051905 Calabria earthquakeEarthquakeCalabria 5171944Balvano train disasterTrain disasterBalvano, Province of Potenza, Basilicata

100 to 499 deaths

FatalitiesYearArticleTypeLocationComments3561923Gleno Dam disasterDam failureProvince of Bergamo, Lombardy 3181954FloodProvince of Salerno, Campania 3141927SS Principessa MafaldaShipwreckAtlantic Ocean off of Brazil 30920092009 L'Aquila earthquakeEarthquakeProvince of L'Aquila, Abruzzo 2992016August 2016 Central Italy earthquakeEarthquakeCentral Italy293+1906Sinking of the SS SirioShipwreckMediterranean Sea off of Spain Italian steamship carrying Italian and Spanish emigrants to South America. 622 of the 697 on board were Italians. The official death toll was 293, however there was an unknown number of stowaways on board as well.2811916ExplosionLa Spezia, Province of La Spezia, Liguria 2681985Val di Stava dam collapseDam collapseTesero, Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige 2471919Ship explosionVenice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto 231-40019681968 Belice earthquakeEarthquakeSicily 2292009-20102009 swine flu pandemicPandemicNationwide2161906Volcanic eruptionCampania 17119201920 Garfagnana earthquakeEarthquakeTuscany 16719071907 Calabria earthquakeEarthquakeMetropolitan City of Reggio Calabria, Calabria 16119981998 Sarno and Quindici landslidesLandslidesProvinces of Salerno, Caserta, and Avellino, Campania ~1501922ExplosionLerici, province of La Spezia, Liguria 1401991Moby Prince disasterShip collisionLigurian Sea off of the Province of Livorno, Tuscany 1371943Train collisionCaltanissetta, Province of Caltanissetta, Sicily No investigation was done into the crash as it was during war-time. Whether it was sabotage or not is unknown.11820012001 Linate Airport runway collisionRunway collisionMetropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy 1151972Alitalia Flight 112Plane crashMount Longa, Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily 1111935Dam collapseOrba Valley, Province of Alessandria, Piedmont 1081978Alitalia Flight 4128Plane crashTyrrhenian Sea1081951FloodsProvince of Rovigo and the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto 1001919EarthquakeMugello, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany

10 to 99 deaths