The Italian National Seismic Network (RSNI) in 2012 is described together with the seismicity occurred in Italy. In this year the RSNI has 413 seismic stations, belonging INGV and other local and regional networks, a part of which provides the signal in real time to the National Earthquake Center (CNT) in Rome. The Italian Seismic Bulletin (BSI) 2012 contains 18221 located earthquakes; a significant portion of this seismic activity belongs to the largest Emilian seismic sequence which mainly affected the provinces of Modena, Ferrara, Reggio Emilia, Bologna, Mantua and Rovigo, causing casualties, hundreds injured and serious damage to the artistic heritage, to rural and industrial construction, as well as to private homes (Fig. 1). On May 20 at 02:03 UTC an earthquake of ML 5.9 (5.8 MW)...