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A devastating earthquake occurred on 28 December 1908 in Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy with a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). The epicentre was in the Strait of Messina which separates Sicily from the Italian mainland.
Messina earthquake and tsunami of 1908, earthquake and subsequent tsunami that devastated southern Italy on Dec. 28, 1908. The double catastrophe almost completely destroyed Messina, Reggio di Calabria, and dozens of nearby coastal towns.
On December 28, 1908, at approximately 5:20am, Europe's most powerful earthquake shook southern Italy. Centered in the Messina Strait, which separates Sicily from Calabria, the quake's magnitude...
On 28 December 1908, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook Europe, killing more than 80,000 people. The Messina earthquake originated in the Strait of Messina, a narrow graben between the...
Before dawn on 28 December 1908 a powerful earthquake and tsunami struck south Italy, devastating the Sicilian city of Messina. The death toll was terrible, with estimates of those killed running up to two hundred thousand.
In the early morning of December 28, 1908 a 30-42 seconds long earthquake with a reconstructed magnitude of 6.7-7.2 hit the Italian cities of Messina and Reggio Calabria. The earthquake damaged 90% of the buildings and broken pipes fuelled a terrible firestorm; however one of the most unusual effects of this earthquake was an 8 meter high tsunami.
Messina Earthquake 1908 – occurred on December 28, 1908, in the Strait of Messina of the Ionian Sea between Sicily and the Apennine Peninsula. An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 is considered the strongest in the history of Europe.
The 1908 Messina Straits earthquake is one of the most catastrophic events in history. There were 60,000 to more than 100,000 deaths, and the cities of Messina and Reggio Calabria, on the opposite sides of the straits, were almost completely destroyed.
Among others, the 1908 AD earthquake of Richter magnitude 7.1 and the following tsunami that destroyed the city of Messina are still remembered as one of the most catastrophic events in the...
In 1908 an earthquake and tsunami hit Messina and Reggio (in the Messina Strait, Sicily-Calabria) causing 123,000 deaths. The 1908 Messina earthquake is considered one of the most catastrophic seismic events of the 20th century.