1343 Naples tsunami

1343 earthquake
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Epicenter	Tyrrhenian Sea and Bay of Naples
Tsunami	Yes

The 1343 earthquake struck the Tyrrhenian Sea and Bay of Naples on November 25, 1343. Underground shocks were felt in Naples and caused significant damage and loss of lives.^[1] Of major note was a tsunami created by the earthquake which destroyed many ships in Naples and destroyed many ports along the Amalfi Coast including Amalfi itself. The effects of the tsunami were observed by the poet Petrarch, whose ship was forced to return to port, and recorded in the fifth book of his Epistolae familiares.^[2]

References

^ Solovʹev, Sergeĭ Leonidovich (2000). Tsunamis in the Mediterranean Sea, 2000 B.C.-2000 A.D. Springer. p. 39. ISBN 0-7923-6548-8.
^ Tateo, F. (2010). "Horribile dictu: environmental catastrophes and writing in the late Middle Ages". In Mattheus M. (ed.). Le calamità ambientali nel tardo Medioevo europeo: realtà, percezioni, reazioni. Centro studi sulla civiltà del Tardo Med (in Italian). Vol. 12. Firenze University Press. p. 111. ISBN 9788884534996. Retrieved 21 June 2012.

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[1] Solovʹev, Sergeĭ Leonidovich (2000). Tsunamis in the Mediterranean Sea, 2000 B.C.-2000 A.D. Springer. p. 39. ISBN 0-7923-6548-8.

[Tateo-2] Tateo, F. (2010). "Horribile dictu: environmental catastrophes and writing in the late Middle Ages". In Mattheus M. (ed.). Le calamità ambientali nel tardo Medioevo europeo: realtà, percezioni, reazioni. Centro studi sulla civiltà del Tardo Med (in Italian). Vol. 12. Firenze University Press. p. 111. ISBN 9788884534996. Retrieved 21 June 2012.

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v t e Earthquakes in Italy
Historical	62 Pompeii 1117 Verona 1169 Sicily 1222 Brescia 1343 Naples 1348 Friuli 1456 Central Italy 1570 Ferrara 1626 Girifalco 1627 Gargano 1638 Calabrian 1639 Amatrice 1688 Sannio 1693 Sicily 1694 Irpinia–Basilicata 1703 Apennine 1706 Abruzzo 1732 Irpinia 1743 Salento 1783 Calabrian 1805 Molise 1857 Basilicata 1873 Alpago 1883 Casamicciola 1887 Liguria
20th century	1905 Calabria 1907 Calabria 1908 Messina 1915 Avezzano 1916 Rimini 1920 Garfagnana 1930 Irpinia 1930 Senigallia 1936 Cansiglio 1962 Irpinia 1968 Belice 1971 Tuscania 1976 Friuli 1980 Irpinia 1990 Carlentini 1997 Umbria and Marche
21st century	2002 Molise 2009 L'Aquila 2012 Northern Italy August 2016 Central Italy October 2016 Central Italy January 2017 Central Italy 2017 Ischia 2018 Molise

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