| 1907 Calabria earthquake | |
| Timestamp: | 1907-10-23 20:28:19 |
| Anss-Url: | iscgem610326335 |
| Isc-Event: | n/a |
| Local-Time: | 21:28 |
| Magnitude: | 5.9 |
| Depth: | 330NaN0 |
| Location: | 38.087°N 15.985°W |
| Damage: | Severe |
| Intensity: | [1] |
| Foreshocks: | yes |
| Casualties: | 167 dead |
On 23 October 1907 a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Calabria, at a depth of 33.0 km. in the area of Gerace-Siderno, on the southeast coast of Calabria. The event caused 167 deaths and major damage.[2]
The epicentral area included only one town (Ferruzzano), where many houses collapsed almost completely, and 158 persons, or 8% of its population, were killed.[2] Ferruzano had been hit as well in the 1905 Calabria earthquake.[3]
Almost a month later, on 17 November 1907, the area of Ferruzzano, Brancaleone and Bianco was hit again.[4] On 23 January 1908 the area was hit again by an earthquake.[5] People had to camp in the fields or in nearby subterranean grottos.[4] [5] In Ferruzzano new houses built after the earthquakes of 1905 and 1907 resisted the shocks of the 1908 Messina earthquake.[6]