 With 'Unification of Italy, the district was repealed and the city was placed at the head of the district of Palmi (abolished in 1927).In 1894, the city was the epicenter of an earthquake.Despite the power of the shock and the great ruins that produced, the number of deaths was only eight, of this was due to a condition referred to as miraculous, which coincided with the history of the miracle of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Palmi.