On 23 October 1907 a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck
Calabria
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, at a depth of 33.0 km. in the area of
Gerace
Gerace (; , ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria, Calabria, southern Italy.
Gerace is located some inland from Locri, yet the latter town and the sea can be seen from Gerace's perch atop a vertical rock. T ...
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Siderno
Siderno ( scn, label= Calabrian, Sidernu or ; ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria, Calabria, southern Italy, about 3 kilometres from Locri.
Some notable people from Siderno are Marco stalteri, Patrizia lunch s ...
, on the southeast coast of Calabria. The event caused 167 deaths and major damage.
The epicentral area included only one town (
Ferruzzano), where many houses collapsed almost completely, and 158 persons, or 8% of its population, were killed.
[ Ferruzano had been hit as well in the ]1905 Calabria earthquake
Striking southern Italy on September 8, the 1905 Calabria earthquake had a moment magnitude of 7.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''). The first major earthquake of the 20th century, it severely damaged parts of Lipari, Messina ...
.[Calabria the Home of the Earthquake]
''The New York Times'', November 24, 1907
Almost a month later, on 17 November 1907, the area of Ferruzzano, Brancaleone
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and Bianco was hit again.[Calabria Shaken Again]
''The New York Times'', November 19, 1907 On 23 January 1908 the area was hit again by an earthquake.[Earthquake In Calabria]
''The New York Times'', January 24, 1908 People had to camp in the fields or in nearby subterranean grottos.[ In Ferruzzano new houses built after the earthquakes of 1905 and 1907 resisted the shocks of the ]1908 Messina earthquake
The 1908 Messina earthquake (also known as the 1908 Messina and Reggio earthquake) occurred on 28 December in Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy with a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''). The epicen ...
.[New Houses Resisted Shock]
''The New York Times'', January 4, 1909
See also
* List of earthquakes in 1907
This is a list of earthquakes in 1907. Only magnitude 6.0 or greater earthquakes appear on the list. Lower magnitude events are included if they have caused death, injury or damage. Events which occurred in remote areas will be excluded from the ...
* List of earthquakes in Italy
This is a list of earthquakes in Italy that had epicentres in Italy, or significantly affected the country. The highest seismicity hazard in Italy was concentrated in the central-southern part of the peninsula, along the Apennine Mountains, Apen ...
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