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The 1693 Sicily earthquake struck parts of southern Italy near Sicily, Calabria, and Malta on 11 January at around 21:00 local time. This earthquake was preceded by a damaging foreshock on 9 January.
10 de jun. de 2022 · The disastrous earthquake of 1693 AD caused over 60,000 causalities and the total destruction of several villages and towns in south-eastern Sicily. Immediately after the earthquake, a...
On 11 January 1693, the whole of Sicily was devastated by a very strong earthquake. A 7.4 magnitude tremor hit the eastern coast of Sicily, between Catania and Syracuse. The devastating earthquake went down in history as the “Val di Noto earthquake”, destroying more than 45 towns and killing at least 60,000 people.
From 9 to 11 January 1693, south-eastern Sicily was hit by a series of devastating earthquakes that forever changed the face of this part of the island. According to the historical reconstructions of seismographs, it was the most violent earthquake ever to hit the Italian territory, with peaks in excess of 7.4 degrees on the Richter scale.
The disastrous earthquake of 1693 AD caused over 60,000 causalities and the total destruction of several villages and towns in south-eastern Sicily. Immediately after the earthquake, a tsunami struck the Ionian coasts of Sicily and the Messina Strait and was probably recorded even in the Aeolian Islands and Malta.
- 10.1038/s41598-022-13538-x
- 2022
- Sci Rep. 2022; 12: 9573.
The 1693 earthquake was a disastrous event affecting eastern Sicily, southern Italy, where it caused over 60,000 victims and total destruction of several villages and towns in the districts of Siracusa, Ragusa, and Catania.
A huge earthquake destroyed or severely damaged scores of towns and cities in Sicily on this day in 1693, killing more than 60,000 people. Records say the tremor struck at around 9pm local time and lasted about four minutes.
