1627 Gargano earthquake

1627 Gargano earthquake

Date	July 30, 1627 (1627-07-30)
Origin time	10:50 ^[1]
Epicenter	41°44′N 15°21′E / 41.73°N 15.35°E / 41.73; 15.35Coordinates: 41°44′N 15°21′E / 41.73°N 15.35°E / 41.73; 15.35 ^[1]
Total damage	Severe ^[1]
Max. intensity	X (Extreme) ^[1]
Tsunami	Yes ^[1]

The 1627 Gargano earthquake struck Gargano, southern Italy at about mid-day on 30 July 1627. A "very large earthquake" caused a major tsunami, the largest seismic event ever recorded in the Gargano region,^[2] which "produced severe damage in the whole promontory", killing about 5000 people.^[3] Four aftershocks were documented. The most extensive damage was noted between San Severo and Lesina.

References

1 2 3 4 5 National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS), Significant Earthquake Database, National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
↑ Annali di geofisica. Istituto nazionale di geofisica. 2003. p. 884.
↑ "Numerical simulations of the 1627 Gargano Tsunami" (PDF). University of Bologna, accessed via ftp.ingv.it. 1997. Retrieved 19 May 2015.

Earthquakes in Italy

Historical	62 Pompeii 1117 Verona 1169 Sicily 1222 Brescia 1343 Naples 1348 Friuli 1570 Ferrara 1626 Naples 1627 Gargano 1639 Amatrice 1693 Sicily 1694 Irpinia–Basilicata 1703 Apennine 1783 Calabrian 1805 Molise 1857 Basilicata 1873 Alpago

20th century	1905 Calabria 1907 Calabria 1908 Messina 1915 Avezzano 1920 Garfagnana 1930 Irpinia 1930 Senigallia 1936 Cansiglio 1968 Belice 1976 Friuli 1980 Irpinia 1997 Umbria and Marche

21st century	2002 Molise 2009 L'Aquila 2012 Northern Italy August 2016 Central Italy October 2016 Central Italy

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