Earthquake — Italy: Ligurian Coast

When

23 Feb 1887

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.5

Where

Italy

Coordinates

43.90° N, 8.10° E

Deaths

600

Injuries

200

Intensity mmi

10

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Earthquake affecting Italy and France

The 1887 Liguria earthquake struck off the coast of Imperia, Italy on the early morning of 23 February 1887, with an estimated moment magnitude of 6.8–6.9, killing about 600–3,000 people. It also generated a tsunami that had a run-up height of two meters. The widespread damage was said to be so severe that the town of Bussana Vecchia was abandoned by its former inhabitants.

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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 — Liguria occidentale”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The French Riviera is hit by a powerful earthquake originating in Liguria, killing around 2,000 along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “tremblement de terre des Alpes ligures”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page