Centrache Explained

Centrache
Official Name:Comune di Centrache
Coordinates:38.7333°N 42°W
Province: (CZ)
Area Total Km2:7
Population Total:422
Population As Of:31 December 2013
Elevation M:458
Postal Code:88060
Area Code:0967

Centrache is a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy.

History

During the 1908 Messina earthquake, buildings and other structures throughout Centrache were destroyed; 80,000 people were killed.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: ITALY SHAKEN; THOUSANDS DIE; Earthquake Destroys Great Part of Messina in Sicily and Tidal Wave Sweeps It. SHIPLOADS OF THE INJURED These Carried to Catania, Which Also Is Inundated by Tidal Wave. CALABRIAN TOWNS WRECKED Reggio Said to Have Shared Messina's Fate -- Pope Eager to Go to Sufferers. GIRL STUDENTS ENTOMBED Two Villages Near Messina Disappear -- Mount Aetna Reported as Centre of Disturbance . . December 29, 1908 . October 29, 2011.