What the records say
- When
- 25 Dec 1222
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Coordinates
- 45.50° N, 10.20° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1222 Brescia earthquake.
Summary
The 1222 Brescia earthquake is so powerful that the inhabitants of Brescia leave their city en masse and camp outside so that falling buildings would not crush them, according to chronicler Salimbene de Adam.
1222 Brescia earthquake
1222 earthquake in Italy
The 1222 Brescia earthquake occurred on Christmas Day in the year 1222. The chronicler Salimbene de Adam records that it was so powerful that the inhabitants of Brescia left their city en masse and camped outside, so that the falling buildings would not crush them.
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