Earthquake — Italy: Messina, Sicily, Calabria

When

28 Dec 1908

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.0

Where

Italy

Coordinates

38.17° N, 15.58° E

Deaths

80000

Damage musd

116

Intensity mmi

11

Depth km

40

Earthquake in southern Italy

A devastating earthquake occurred on 28 December 1908 in Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy, with a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). The epicentre was in the Strait of Messina which separates Sicily from the Italian mainland.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 7.1 Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die süditalienischen Städte Messina auf Sizilien und Reggio Calabria werden durch ein schweres Erdbeben zerstört und über 70.000 Menschen sterben (siehe…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “tremblement de terre entre la Calabre et la Sicile”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Мессинское землетрясение”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la ciudad siciliana de Mesina (Italia), un terremoto de 7,1 y un tsunami dejan un saldo de 82.000 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “وقوع زلزال في مدينة مسينا في في جزيرة صقلية”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “意大利西西里岛第二大城市墨西拿发生一场7.5级大地震，造成100,000到200,000人死亡。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “メッシーナ地震発生”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Tsunami — Messina Strait, Ionian Sea28 Dec 1908 · Tsunami