What the records say
- When
- 8 Sep 1694
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Where
- Italy
- Coordinates
- 40.70° N, 15.70° E
- Deaths
- 4057
- Intensity mmi
- 10
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1694 Irpinia–Basilicata earthquake
Earthquake in Italy
The 1694 Irpinia–Basilicata earthquake occurred on 8 September. It caused widespread damage in the Basilicata and Apulia regions of what was then the Kingdom of Naples, resulting in more than 6,000 casualties. The earthquake occurred at 11:40 UTC and lasted between 30 and 60 seconds.
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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-Basilicata”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 1694 Irpinia–Basilicata earthquake causes widespread severe damage and over 6,000 deaths in the Kingdom of Naples”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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