What the records say
- When
- 1 Sep 1726
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Where
- Italy
- Coordinates
- 38.10° N, 13.35° E
- Deaths
- 250
- Houses destroyed
- 1614
- Intensity mmi
- 9
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2 sources record it
- 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 — Palermo”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0Source page
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