December 3, 1887 Earthquake: Bisignano, Italy

Date

December 3, 1887

Place

Bisignano, Italy

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

39.600° N, 16.300° E

Country

Italy

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• December 28, 1908, Messina, Sicily, Calabria, ItalyM7 · 80,000 deaths · $116 million · 171 km
• February 5, 1783, Tyrrhenian Calabria, ItalyM6.9 · 30,000 deaths · 147 km
• December 5, 1456, Avellino,napoli,abruzzi, Brindisi,benevento, Italy30,000 deaths · 177 km
• September 16, 1857, Calabria,montemurro, Italy10,000 deaths · 24 km
• December 16, 1857, Campania, Potenza, ItalyM6.5 · 10,000 deaths · 82 km
• March 27, 1638, Cosenza,martirano, Nicastro, Calabria, ItalyM7 · 9,581 deaths · 63 km
• November 23, 1980, Avellino, Potenza, Caserta, Naples, ItalyM6.9 · 4,689 deaths · $20 billion · 166 km
• September 8, 1694, Calitri, Italy4,057 deaths · 133 km
• July 17, 1361, Basilicata to Pouilles, Italy4,000 deaths · 98 km
• November 5, 1659, Panaija, Soriano, Polia, Italy2,035 deaths · 100 km
• January 1688, Pisticci, Italy2,000 deaths · 89 km
• November 29, 1732, Ariano, Lucanie, Avellino, Italy1,940 deaths · 191 km
• February 6, 1783, Messina Straits, ItalyM5.9 · 1,500 deaths · 164 km
• July 23, 1930, Irpinia, ItalyM6.5 · 1,430 deaths · 3,188 houses destroyed · 183 km
• 614, Italy1,000 deaths · 191 km

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