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1693 Sicily earthquake

1693 CE · Kingdom of Sicily, Europe · Disaster

1693 Sicily earthquake
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The 1693 Sicily earthquake was a natural disaster that struck parts of southern Italy near Sicily, then a territory part of the Crown of Aragon by the Kings of Spain Calabria and Malta, on 11 January at around 21:00 local time. This earthquake was preceded by a damaging foreshock on 9 January. The main quake had an estimated magnitude of 7.

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