What the records say
- When
- 29 Nov 1732
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Where
- Italy
- Coordinates
- 41.08° N, 15.15° E
- Deaths
- 1940
- Intensity mmi
- 10
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1732 Irpinia earthquake
Earthquake in Southern Italy
The 1732 Irpinia earthquake was a seismic event with a magnitude of 6.6 that affected Irpinia and part of Sannio. It occurred on 29 November 1732 at 8:40 a.m. local time (UTC+1). The epicenter was located in the Campanian Apennines, in the area of the Ufita Valley, which is part of the modern-day Province of Avellino.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- EPICA v1.1, European preinstrumental earthquakes 1000–1899 (Rovida & Antonucci 2021)INGV · names it “Earthquake — Irpinia”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The magnitude 6.6 Irpinia earthquake causes deaths in the former Kingdom of Naples”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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