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Disasters with highest death tolls - 1693 Sicily Earthquake

Time: Sunday Jan 11, 1693 at 09:00:00 AM

Place: Kingdom of Sicily (now Italy)

Details: The 1693 Sicily earthquake struck parts of southern Italy near Sicily, Calabria, and Malta on January 11 at around 21:00 local time. The main quake had an estimated magnitude of 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale, the most powerful in Italian recorded history, and a maximum intensity of XI (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale, destroying at least 70 towns and cities, seriously affecting an area of 5,600 square kilometres (2,200 sq mi) and causing the death of about 60,000 people.

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