Early Modern era · 1693

1693 Sicily earthquake

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.

1693 Sicily earthquake
1693 Sicily earthquake · Biblioteca centrale "G. Marconi" del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
11 Jan 1693
Where
Kingdom of Sicily
Era
Early Modern

Before and after

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