Event

A major earthquake strikes the Italian city of Ferrara at 3:00 in the morning local time, destroying 40 percent of the buildings in the city

17 Nov 1570 · 44.82° N, 11.63° E

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When
17 Nov 1570
Kind
Event
Coordinates
44.82° N, 11.63° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1570 Ferrara earthquake.

Summary

A major earthquake strikes the Italian city of Ferrara at 3:00 in the morning local time, destroying 40 percent of the buildings in the city, but causing only 171 deaths. After the initial shocks, a sequence of aftershocks continue for four years, with over 2,000 in the period from November 1570 to February 1571.

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