Tsunami — Tyrrhenian Calabria

When

5 Feb 1783

Kind

Tsunami

Coordinates

38.30° N, 15.97° E

Deaths

30000

Source quake magnitude

6.9

Runups

11

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

5 earthquakes in southern Italy

Five strong earthquakes hit Calabria, a region of the Kingdom of Naples, in 1783. The first two produced significant tsunamis. The epicenters form a clear alignment extending nearly 100 km from the Straits of Messina to about 18 km SSW of Catanzaro. The epicenter of the first earthquake occurred in the plain of Palmi.

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