What the records say
- When
- 13 Dec 1990
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 37.30° N, 15.44° E
- Deaths
- 19
- Injuries
- 200
- Damage musd
- 500
- Source quake magnitude
- 5.3
- Runups
- 1
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1990 Carlentini earthquake
Earthquake off the coast of Sicily, Italy
The 1990 Carlentini earthquake occurred off the Sicilian coast, 20 km east northeast from the town of Augusta, Sicily on 13 December at 01:24 local time. The moderately-sized earthquake measuring 5.6 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw) resulted in the deaths of 19 people and caused at least 200 injuries. It also inflicted significant damage in the region, leaving 2,500 homeless.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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