A major earthquake strikes the Italian city of Ferrara at 3:00 in the morning local time, destroying 40 percent of the buildings in the city

Quand

17 nov. 1570

Type

Événement

Coordonnées

44.82° N, 11.63° E

Placé à : coordinates of the event it links, 1570 Ferrara earthquake.

A major earthquake strikes the Italian city of Ferrara at 3:00 in the morning local time, destroying 40 percent of the buildings in the city, but causing only 171 deaths. After the initial shocks, a sequence of aftershocks continue for four years, with over 2,000 in the period from November 1570 to February 1571.

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