1349 Apennine earthquakes

Earthquake sequence in Italy 1349 Apennine earthquakes yes 9 September 1349 Italy 6.7 41.454308 14.123227 inline,title Italy (Latium, Molise, Campania, & Abruzzo regions) XI thumb|Physical geography of Italy - Apennines On 9 September 1349, an earthquake sequence began in Italy's Apennine Mountains that severely affected the regions of Molise, Latium and Abruzzo. Probably four moderate-large earthquakes Ancient and Medieval Earthquakes in the Area of L'Aquila (Northwestern Abruzzo, Central Italy), A.D. 1–1500: A Critical Revision of the Historical and Archaeological Data Giudoboni Emanuela August 2012 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 102 4 1606 2012BuSSA.102.1600G 10.1785/0120110173 devastated towns and villages across the central Italian Peninsula, with damage even reported in Rome. These earthquakes originated from the Apennine fold and thrust belt fault network, with the first and most destructive shock's epicenter originating from the north-west Campania region. Paleoseismological data gathered from scarping, fault length, and collapsed sections of Venafro's Roman aqueduct indicates the epicenter of the main shock was likely along the Aquae Iuliae fault.Galli Paul A. C. Naso José A. 15 September 2008 Unmasking the 1349 earthquake source (southern Italy): paleoseismological and archaeoseismological indications from the Aquae Iuliae fault Journal of Structural Geology 31 2 128–131, 145 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.09.007 The fault suspected of causing this earthquake occurred on the Aqua Iuliae fault along the Molise-Campania border.Galli Paolo Antiono Costantino Nasto Jose Alfredo 2 May 2008 Unmasking the 1349 earthquake source (southern Italy): paleoseismologicaland archaeoseismological indications from the Aquae Iuliae fault Journal of Structural Geology 31 2 128–149 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.09.007 Earthquakes The first earthquake, with an estimated magnitude of 6.7, struck on 9 September in the north-west Campania southeast of the Molisano town of Venafro. The second quake struck on 10 September near L'Aquila. Both quakes caused widespread damage to towns and cities as well as infrastructure such as Roman aqueducts and bridges. The poet Petrarch describes damage in Rome to the city's monuments. The side of the four-story Colosseum collapsed towards the caelian hills, leaving a massive mound of travertine and tufa rubble Rome later quarried for construction materials. https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=ZUtAAAAAYAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA424 The Works of Lord Byron 424 2 J. Murray 1899 Aftermath The town of L'Aquila has been described as being almost "completely destroyed."Modena Claudio https://books.google.com/books?id=gDYNDgAAQBAJ&dq=1349+apennine+earthquakes&pg=PA2464 Brick and Block Masonry: Proceedings of the 16th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference, Padova, Italy, 26–30 June 2016 Porto F. da Valluzzi M. R. 2016 CRC Press 978-1-4987-9592-0 2464 en The abbey of Montecassino was also devastated. References Category:1349 Category:Earthquakes in Italy Category:14th-century earthquakes Category:14th century in Italy Category:Disasters in Abruzzo Category:Medieval Abruzzo