San Felice sul Panaro ( Sanfeliciano : ) is a '' comune '' ( municipality ) in the province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna , located about northwest of Bologna and about northeast of Modena . San Felice sul Panaro since Roman times has been an important center of the central Po valley in northern Italy . The main activity was farming until the development of agriculture related industries during the 20th century . The region was struck by a two earthquakes in May 2012 . The first earthquake , with a magnitude of 6.0 , occurred on May 20 , 2012 . Although no residents of San Felice sul Panaro were reported to have died , the town 's Rocca Estense castle was severely damaged by the quake
two earthquakes
2012 Northern Italy earthquakes
San Felice sul Panaro