1694 Irpinia–Basilicata earthquake

Earthquake in Italy October 2024 1694 Irpinia–Basilicata earthquake yes y 1694 09 08 6.9 w y 40.90 15.43 inline,title Kingdom of Naples 6,000+ vertical 1694 Irpinia–Basilicata earthquake Atlas of isoseismal maps of Italian earthquakes CNR - inventario 57 - carta geografica relativa al terremoto dell'8 settembre 1694 in Campania-Lucania 02.tif Atlas of isoseismal maps of Italian earthquakes CNR - inventario 56 - note informative sulla carta geografica relativa al terremoto dell'8 settembre 1694 in Campania-Lucania 01.tiff Maps and notes on the earthquake The 1694 Irpinia–Basilicata earthquake occurred on 8 September. It caused widespread damage in the Basilicata and Apulia regions of what was then the Kingdom of Naples, resulting in more than 6,000 casualties. The earthquake occurred at 11:40 UTC and lasted between 30 and 60 seconds.http://storing.ingv.it/cfti4med/quakes/01166.html Catalogue of Strong Earthquakes in Italy 461 B.C. – 1997and Mediterranean area 760 B.C. – 1500 Guidoboni E. Ferrari G. Mariotti D. Comastri A. Tarabusi G. Valensise G. amp 24 February 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100326045332/http://storing.ingv.it/cfti4med/ 26 March 2010 live Tectonic setting The central and southern part of the Apennines has been characterised by extensional tectonics since the Pliocene epoch (i.e. about the last 5 million years), with most of the active faults being normal in type and NW-SE trending.http://www.bssaonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/99/2A/585?stoc Effect of Time Dependence on Probabilistic Seismic-Hazard Maps and Deaggregation for the Central Apennines, Italy The Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 99 2A 585 6 April 2009 6 April 2009 Seismological Society of America https://web.archive.org/web/20090410080953/http://www.bssaonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/99/2A/585?stoc 10 April 2009 live 2009BuSSA..99..585A Akinci A. Galadini F. Pantosti D. Petersen M. Malagnini L. Perkins D. 10.1785/0120080053 subscription The extension is due to the back-arc basin in the Tyrrhenian Sea opening faster than the continental collision of the African plate and the Eurasian plate.https://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqinthenews/2009/us2009fcaf/#summary Magnitude 6.3 – CENTRAL ITALY 6 April 2009 01:32:42 UTC 6 April 2009 6 April 2009 United States Geological Survey https://web.archive.org/web/20090409075310/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqinthenews/2009/us2009fcaf/ 9 April 2009 dead Damage There was serious damage to the area between Campania and Basilicata, with more than 30 municipalities being almost completely destroyed. These included Bisaccia. Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi, Bella and Muro LucanoServa L. Esposito E. Guerrieri L. Porfido S. Vittor E. Comerci V. amp 2007 Environmental effects from five historical earthquakes in southern Apennines (Italy) and macroseismic intensity assessment: Contribution to INQUA EEE Scale Project Quaternary International 173–174 30–44 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.03.015 2007QuInt.173...30S In Melfi, fifty buildings collapsed and the castle, cathedral, five monasteries and many churches were severely damaged.Gizzi F.G. Masini N. 2004 Damage scenario of the earthquake on 23 July 1930 in Melfi: the contribution of technical documentation Annals of Geophysics 47 5 1641–1663 http://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/859/1/11Terenzio.pdf 24 February 2010 In Potenza, several buildings, the church and the Trinità Tower collapsed.Gizzi F.T. Masini N. 2007 Historical earthquakes and damage patterns in Potenza (Basilicata, Southern Italy) Annals of Geophysics 50 5 675–687 http://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/4057/1/07%20Gizzi.pdf 28 February 2010 The following number of casualties were reported, 700 at Calitri, 700 at Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi, 600 at Muro Lucano, 400 at Ruvo del Monte, 300 at Teora, 280 at Guardia Lombardi, 250 at Bella, 230 at Pescopagano, 190 at Cairano, 160 at Atella, 120 at Sant'Andrea di Conza and 100 at Tito. Characteristics The earthquake was preceded by a small foreshock on the evening of 7 September. The mainshock was followed immediately by an aftershock, the first of a series that lasted until June of the following year. The earthquake occurred on a NW-SE trending normal fault. The area of damage for the 1694 earthquake is similar to that for the 1980 Irpinia earthquake, but involved movement on a different fault.Fracassi U. Valensise G. 2007 Unveiling the Sources of the Catastrophic 1456 Multiple Earthquake: Hints to an Unexplored Tectonic Mechanism in Southern Italy Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 97 3 725–748 http://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/2151/1/Fracassi&Valensise_2007_BSSA.pdf 28 February 2010 2007BuSSA..97..725F 10.1785/0120050250 See also List of earthquakes in Italy List of earthquakes in Irpinia List of historical earthquakes References Category:1690s earthquakes Category:1694 disasters Irpinia-basilicata Earthquake, 1694 Category:Earthquakes in Italy