1907 Calabria earthquake
Earthquake in Italy
38°05′13″N 15°59′06″E / 38.087°N 15.985°E / 38.087; 15.985[2]On 23 October 1907 a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Calabria, at a depth of 33.0 km. in the area of Gerace-Siderno, on the southeast coast of Calabria. The event caused 167 deaths and major damage.[1]
The epicentral area included only one town (Ferruzzano), where many houses collapsed almost completely, and 158 persons, or 8% of its population, were killed.[1] Ferruzano had been hit as well in the 1905 Calabria earthquake.[3]
Almost a month later, on 17 November 1907, the area of Ferruzzano, Brancaleone and Bianco was hit again.[4] On 23 January 1908 the area was hit again by an earthquake.[5] People had to camp in the fields or in nearby subterranean grottos.[4][5] In Ferruzzano new houses built after the earthquakes of 1905 and 1907 resisted the shocks of the 1908 Messina earthquake.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "Significant Earthquake: 1907-10-23 Italy". National Geophysical Data Center. March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "1907 10 23, 20:28:19 Calabria meridionale (Italy)". Catalogue of Strong Earthquakes in Italy 461 BC - 1997 and Mediterranean Area 760 BC - 1500. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
- ^ Calabria the Home of the Earthquake, The New York Times, November 24, 1907
- ^ a b Calabria Shaken Again, The New York Times, November 19, 1907
- ^ a b Earthquake In Calabria, The New York Times, January 24, 1908
- ^ New Houses Resisted Shock, The New York Times, January 4, 1909
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Earthquakes in 1900–1909
- Caracas (7.7, Oct 28)
- Black Sea (7.2, Mar 31)
- Cheviot (6.9, Apr 13)
- Richfield (7.0, Nov 13)
- Kresna (6.9 & 7.2, Apr 4) †
- Cape Turnagain (6.8–7.2, Aug 9)
- Samos (6.8, Aug 11)
- Oslo (5.4, October 23)
- Douliu (6.1, Nov 6)†
- Kangra (7.8, Apr 4) †‡
- Tsetserleg (8.0, July 9)
- Bolnai (8.4, July 23)
- Calabria (7.2, Sept 8) †
- Ecuador–Colombia (8.8, Jan 31) †
- Meishan (6.8, Mar 17) †
- San Francisco (7.8, Apr 18) †
- Swansea (5.2, June 27)
- Valparaíso (8.2, Aug 16) †‡
- Aleutian Islands (8.4, Aug 17)
- Xinjiang (7.9, Dec 22) †
- Messina (7.1, Dec 28) †‡
- Borujerd (7.3, Jan 23) †‡
- Benavente (6.0, Apr 23) †
- Kerinci (7.6, Jun 4) †
- Provence (6.2, June 11) †
- Wabash River (5.1, Sept 27)
† indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths
‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year
‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year
