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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

11 October 1254 M7.2-7.4 earthquake ruptured a segment of the North Anatolian Fault, between Susehri and Erzincan, northern Turkey. Widespread destruction, with between 15,000 and 56,000 people killed. emidius.eu/GEH/info/?en... annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/an... doi.org/10.1111/j.13...

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

11 October 1138 afternoon M6.0-7.4 earthquake, at the northern end of the Dead Sea Fault, devastated Atharib, NW Syria, killing at least 600 people, also causing great damage in Aleppo. Felt as far as Damascus. Months of aftershocks. doi.org/10.4401/ag-3... doi.org/10.1785/0220...

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

11 October 1918 14:15 UT Mw7.1 earthquake offshore Puerto Rico, at Mona Passage, triggered a 6-meter height tsunami. Devastation in the western part of the island and 116 people killed. Also felt in Virgin is. A M7.7 EQ happened nearby in 1943. doi.org/10.1029/2011... nyshistoricnewspapers.org

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

11 October 1878 5:50 UT M6.3 earthquake in the Atlantic Ocean, at St. Paul Fault Zone, offshore Sierra Leone. felt onbord several ships and as far as 100 km to the interior. Similar EQ in 1855 and last June. emidius.eu/GEH/info/?en... cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/... newspapers.library.wales

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

11 October 1845 2:00 UT Mw6.3 earthquake hit island of Lesbos (Greece), destroying many houses and killing one person. Felt as far as Istanbul. Bigger EQs hit the island in 1384, 1528, 1753, 1867 and 1889. emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/... anno.onb.ac.at gallica.bnf.fr

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

10 October 1882 14:00 UT Mw7.5 earthquake at Banda Sea, Indonesia, very violent in the island of Banda Neira, causing damage in houses. It was also felt in Ambon (Moluccas). emidius.eu/GEH/info/?en... doi.org/10.1785/0120... delpher.nl

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

10 October 1996 15:21 UT Mw6.3 earthquake, at the Renun segment of the Sumatran Fault, hit west of Binjai, at the border of Northern Sumatra and Aceh provinces, Indonesia. Felt as far as Malaysia and Singapore. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... doi.org/10.1785/0120...

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

10 October 1986 17:49 UT Mw5.7 upper-crustal earthquake devastated San Salvador (El Salvador), killing 1500 people in the middle of the civil war... Strongly felt also in parts of Guatemala and Honduras. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... doi.org/10.1785/BSSA... nyshistoricnewspapers.org

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

10 October 1980 12:25 UT Mw7.1 earthquake destroyed Chlef/El Asnam, NW Algeria, killing 5000 people. Felt as far as southern Spain. The city suffered another devastating EQ in 1954. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... doi.org/10.1785/BSSA... revistas.ucm.es/index.php/FI... nyshistoricnewspapers.org

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

10 October 2002 10:50 UT Mw7.6 earthquake along Ranski Fault, at Bird's Head microplate, struck south of Manokwari, West Papua province (Indonesia), causing landslides and a local tsunami, killing 8 people. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... reliefweb.int/report/indon... news.google.com/newspapers

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A few hours ago, Mw7.7 earthquake in the Azuero peninsula, in the south of Panama, widely felt in Panama, Costa Rica and NW Colombia. www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake_i... earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... It was very shallow. Damage is reported. There was a M6.9 earthquake in the same area in 1913.

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

9 October 1607 M~6 earthquake caused destruction at Antigua (then called Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala), former capital of Guatemala, killing 29 people. doi.org/10.1130/0-81... Following other destructive EQs, the capital was transferred in 1773 to the present place.

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

9 October 859 M~6 earthquake caused great destruction (intensity IX-X) and deaths at the city of Kairouan and neighbouring villages, Tunisia. link.springer.com/article/10.1... doi.org/10.1785/0220...

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

9 October 1834 22:30 UT (5:30 of 10th LT) Mw7.0 earthquake hit near Bogor and Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, collapsing several buildings and killing at least five people. Felt as far as southern Sumatra. emidius.eu/GEH/info/?en... doi.org/10.1144/SP44... eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

9 October 187919:30 UT M6.0 earthquake hit the Lower Kuban region, near Sea of Azov, Russia. It was also felt in Crimea and killed many people. ceme.gsras.ru/cgi-bin/info... seismos-u.ifz.ru/documents/Ca... rarebooksocietyofindia.org/book_archive... gallica.bnf.fr In 2002, there was a M5.5 EQ here.

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

9 October 1995 15:36 UT Mw8.0 subduction earthquake offshore Manzanillo, state of Colima, Mexico, caused much damage and 49 deaths. The tsunami reached 5 meters in Manzanillo and travelled the Pacific Ocean. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... nyshistoricnewspapers.org

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

9 October 1996 13:11 UT Mw6.8 earthquake offshore Paphos, western Cyprus, destroying many houses and killing two people. Felt throughout the island and also in Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and Egypt. earthquake.usgs.gov annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/an... nyshistoricnewspapers.org

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

9 October 1900 12:28 UT Mw7.6-8.0 earthquake at Kodiak island, Alaska, USA, causing damage in buildings near epicenter. Felt from Unga island to Yakutat. Weeks of aftershocks. doi.org/10.1785/0120... pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0069/repo... Large Alaskan EQs happened in 1899-1900...

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

9 October 1680 7:00 UT Mw6.3 earthquake struck Malaga, Andalucia, southern Spain, causing great destruction in the city and nearby and killing 70 people. Malaga was also hit in 1494. emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/... doi.org/10.1785/gssr... thegazette.co.uk

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

9 October 1966 6:49 UT Mw5.3 earthquake hit near Al Rahad, Kordofan, Sudan, causing great damage to houses and other structures. No human lives lost - sparsely populated. No previous EQs known in the area. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... doi.org/10.1785/BSSA... jstor.org/stable/41716...

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

9 October 1785 3:15 UT Mw5.7 earthquake, part of a months-long sequence, hit the area of Monti Reatini, at the Rieti-Terni border, central Italy, destroying many houses in several villages and killing 16 people. Felt also in Rome. emidius.mi.ingv.it/ASMI/event/1... gallica.bnf.fr

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

9 October 1828 2:20 UT Mw5.7 earthquake hit the Valle Staffora, Pavia province, northern Italy, collapsing houses in several villages, with a death toll of 25. Felt as far as Marseille, Lugano and Ravenna. emidius.mi.ingv.it/ASMI/event/1... newspapers.library.wales gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/c...

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

9 October 1871 2:15 UT M6.4 earthquake destroyed the city of Oran, Salta province, NW of Argentina, near the border with Bolivia, killing 20 people. Also felt in the Jujuy province. Oran had destructive EQs in 1874 and 1974, too. web.archive.org/web/20090321... chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/data/

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

9 October 1790 1:15 UT Mw7.0 earthquake destroyed Oran, northern Algeria, killing 2000 people. Felt along the Spanish Mediterranean coast and as far as Malta. emidius.eu/GEH/info/?en... doi.org/10.1785/gssr... doi.org/10.1785/0220... ign.es/web/resource... catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/0005420

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

8 October 1411 11:00 UT (N.S.) Mw7.7 earthquake struck Damxung county, SE Tibet (China), destroying entire towns and villages and killing a great number of people. Preceded by a destructive foreshock. emidius.eu/GEH/info/?en... jstor.org/stable/24107... doi.org/10.1111/j.13...

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

8 October 1974 9:51 UT M7.5 earthquake offshore Antigua and Barbuda, Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles, caused damage there and in St. Kitts. One of the major EQs in the area... earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... doi.org/10.1029/2011... news.google.com/newspapers

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

8 October 1935 9:19 UT Mw6.3 earthquake hit Tojikobod, northern Tajikistan, near border with Kyrgyzstan, destroying houses and bridges: 112 people killed. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... nyshistoricnewspapers.org This area of Pamir saw a even bigger EQ in 1949 👇 bsky.app/profile/jose...

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

8 October 1877 5:12 UT Mw5.3 earthquake at Faucigny, Haute-Savoie, SE France, causing damage in houses near epicenter and even in Geneva (Switzerland). Felt as far as Strasbourg, Montepellier and Piedmont. emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/... newspapers.library.wales gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

8 October 2005 3:51 UT Mw7.6 earthquake along the Himalayan Thrust devastated the region of Kashmir, killing 86,000 people in Pakistan and also in India, many of them children trapped in schools. A huge tragedy! earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ea... nyshistoricnewspapers.org

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

8 October 1901 2:16 UT (20:16 of 7th LT) Mw7.0 subduction earthquake triggered a tsunami that flooded Pacific coast of Nicaragua. Also felt in Costa Rica. Maybe it helped decide the location of the Canal... doi.org/10.1111/j.13... doi.org/10.1111/j.13... chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

7 October 1270 M7.1 earthquake at Binalud Mounts. destroyed Nishapur and vicinity, in northeastern Iran, killing 10,000 people just in Nishapur, which was also destroyed by EQs in 1209, 1389, 1405 and 1673. doi.org/10.1785/BSSA... doi.org/10.2307/4299... doi.org/10.1111/j.13...

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

7 October 1900 21:04 UT (5:04 of 8th LT) M6.9-7.8 earthquake hit Cenderawasih Bay, western New Guinea (Indonesia), causing a tsunami that killed 5 people and reached New Britain/PNG. ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/h... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ 1864 was much worse 👇 bsky.app/profile/jose...

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

7 October 2023 6:41-7:13 UT Two Mw6.3 earthquakes, plus 2 Mw6.3 on 11 and 15 destroyed entire villages (mud houses) in Herat prov., west Afghanistan, killing 1489 people. Also felt in Iran and Turkmenistan. emsc-csem.org/Special_repo... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_He... tribune.com.pk/epaper/news/...

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

7 October 1639 0:35 UT Mw6.2 earthquake (in a sequence) hit Amatrice, Rieti prov., central Italy, killing about 500 people. emidius.mi.ingv.it/ASMI/event/1... books.googleusercontent.com/books/ The same area was severely hit by EQs in 1298, 1599, 1703 and recently in 2016. 👇 bsky.app/profile/jose...

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

7 October 2018 0:12 UT (20:12 of 6th LT) Mw5.9 earthquake at the Septentrional Fault, between Port-de-Paix and Tortuga island, Haiti, destroyed 2108 houses and killed at least 18 people. Also felt in the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Inagua (Bahamas). earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

6 October 2021 22:01 UT (3:01 of 7th LT) Mw5.9 earthquake near Harnai, Balochistan (Pakistan), destroyed houses and caused landslides: 36 people dead/missing. Felt in Afghanistan too. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... tribune.com.pk/epaper/news/... Already hit in 1997 👇 bsky.app/profile/jose...

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

6 October 1947 19:58 UT Mw7.3 earthquake hit Koroni, SW Peloponnese (Greece), destroying many houses and killing 3 people. Felt from Thessaly to Crete. Caused a local tsunami, like the 1886 and 1899 EQs. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... doi.org/10.1785/BSSA... e-newspaperarchives.ch

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

6 October 1914 19:16 UT (6:46 of 7th LT) Mw6.7 earthquake hit East Cape, North Island, NZ, causing damage and landslides and killing one person. Followed by a Mw6.4 EQ at the same location three weeks later. doi.org/10.1177/8755... doi.org/10.1080/0028... paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

6 October 1711 19:00-20:00 UT Mw5.5 earthquake near Loudun, Poitou, western France, damaging near epicenter, but no casualities known. Felt from Limoges to Rouen, one of the largest EQs in western France. emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/... www.centre-val-de-loire.developpement-durable.gouv.fr sisfrance.net

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

6 October 1995 18:10 UT (1:10 of 7th LT) Mw6.8-7.0 earthquake hit Sungai Penuh, Sumatra, Indonesia, at the Siulak segment of the Sumatran Fault, destroying 4000 buildings and killing 84 people. As the 1909 EQ, it was felt as far as Singapore. doi.org/10.1785/0120... nyshistoricnewspapers.org

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

6 October 1964 14:31 UT Mw6.8 earthquake at south branch of the North Anatolian Fault struck Manyas and Karacabey, near the Marmara Sea, Turkey, killing 36 people. Felt as far as Bucharest. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... doi.org/10.1002/eqe.... doi.org/10.1785/0120... e-newspaperarchives.ch

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

6 October 1762 12:10 UT Mw5.5-6.0 earthquake near L'Aquila, central Italy, severely hit Castelnuovo, Poggio Picenze and nearby villages, killing ten people. emidius.mi.ingv.it/ASMI/event/1... doi.org/10.1785/0220... gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/ Greater EQs hit the area in 1461, 1703 and 2009.

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

6 October 1944 2:35 UT Mw6.7 earthquake struck Ayvacik, at the Gulf of Edremit, Aegean coast of Turkey, and Lesbos island (Greece), causing great damage and killing 50 people. Felt throughout western Turkey. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... doi.org/10.1002/eqe.... nyshistoricnewspapers.org

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

5 October 1948 20:12 UT (1:12 of 6th LT) Mw7.2 earthquake at Kopet Dagh destroyed Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, killing at least 35,000 people. Also deadly in Iran. Censorship and post-war effects hampered aid. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... link.springer.com/article/10.3... nyshistoricnewspapers.org

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

5 October 2008 15:53 UT Mw6.7 earthquake destroyed Nura, Kyrgyzstan, at border with Sinkiang (China), causing landslides. Death toll 74. Felt as far as Islamabad (Pakistan). In 1974 and 2016, other EQs near. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... doi.org/10.1029/2019... e-newspaperarchives.ch

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

5 October 1859 13:00 UT M7.6-8.0 earthquake hit the coast of north central Chile, near Copiapó, destroying houses and killing 44 people. link.springer.com/article/10.1... chroniclingamerica.loc.gov Similar EQs happened in 1918, 1946 and 1983. science.org/doi/10.1126/... doi.org/10.1785/0220...

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

5 October 1891 12:00 UT Mw7.0 earthquake at the Savu Sea, off the northern coast of Indonesian Timor. Strongly felt in the Timor, Flores and Boleng islands, triggered a tsunami that reached Atapupu. emidius.eu/GEH/info/?en... doi.org/10.1785/0120... ia800208.us.archive.org/4/items/mobo...

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

5 October 1871 7:00 UT Mw7.4 earthquake hit the Tarapacá region, northern Chile, destroying several villages and killing at least a child. Felt as far as Copiapó and abord ships. A Tsunami? link.springer.com/article/10.1... #earthquake news-archive.anglophonechile.org nyshistoricnewspapers.org

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

4 October 1740 Mw6.6 destructive #earthquake hit Lamia, Molos and other towns, in the Thermopyles region, central Greece. Felt as far as the Meteora monastery in Thessaly. emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/... emidius.mi.ingv.it/RHISE/ii_1am... researchgate.net/publication/...

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

4 October 1527 Mw5.3 earthquake hit Pistoia, Tuscany, northern Italy, destroying houses and killing many people. There was a similar EQ near in 1904. emidius.mi.ingv.it/ASMI/event/1...

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