1117 Verona earthquake

When

3 Jan 1117

Kind

Event

Coordinates

45.31° N, 11.02° E

Description

1117 Verona earthquake. The earthquake is rated at VII (Very strong) on the Mercalli intensity scale, and strikes northern Italy and Germany. The epicentre o…

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1117 Verona earthquake.

Earthquake that struck northern Italy and Germany

An earthquake, rated at IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale, struck northern Italy and Germany on 3 January 1117. The epicentre of the first shock was near Verona, the city which suffered the most damage. The outer wall of the Verona Arena partially collapsed, and the standing portion was damaged in a later earthquake of 1183.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ein schweres Erdbeben ereignet sich bei Verona und sucht Oberitalien heim”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un tremblement de terre cause de graves dommages à Vérone, à Parme et à d’autres villes de la plaine du Pô”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Italia, un terremoto de 6,9 devasta gran parte del centro norte del país, en particular Verona, dejando un saldo de unos 30 000 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page