The 1639 Amatrice earthquake[3] occurred on 7 October near Amatrice,[4] in the upper valley of the river Tronto, at the time part of the Kingdom of Naples, now Italy.
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| Local date | October 7, 1639 |
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| Magnitude | 6.01±0.36 Mw[1] |
| Epicenter | 42°38′20″N 13°15′40″E / 42.639°N 13.261°E[2] |
| Areas affected | Italy, Lazio |
| Max. intensity | MMI IX (Violent) – MMI X (Extreme) |
| Casualties | 500[2] |
History
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The princes Orsini left the city destroyed by the earthquake,[5] whose shock lasted 15 minutes and caused about 500 deaths (although many bodies remained under the rubble). Damage was estimated between 400,000 and 1 million scudi of the time.[6]
The next 14 October there was a strong aftershock.[7]
Many inhabitants fled to the countryside, where tents were set up, while others found refuge in the church of San Domenico.[3] Among the buildings destroyed or badly damaged, there were: the princes Orsini's palace[8] (that at the time of the earthquake they were out of town), the Palazzo del Reggimento (Regiment's palace), the church of the Holy Crucifix, and other houses.[3] Rosaries and processions were organized by the people to invoke the end of earthquakes.[3] There were also heavy losses of the cattle (the main source of income at the time), which forced the population to migrate to Rome and Ascoli Piceno.[6]
The effects of the earthquake were described in detail in a report published by Carlo Tiberi in 1639, subsequently revised and updated in a second edition of the same year.
See also
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Notes
edit- ^ "1639 10 07 – Amatrice". The SHARE European Earthquake Catalogue (SHEEC) 1000-1899. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ a b Guidoboni, Emanuela; Ferrari G.; Mariotti D.; Comastri A.; Tarabusi G. & Valensise G. (2007). "CFTI4Med, Catalogue of Strong Earthquakes in Italy (461 B.C.-1997) and Mediterranean Area (760 B.C.-1500)". INGV-SGA. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
- ^ a b c d Carlo Tiberi Romano (1639). Nuova, e vera relazione del terribile, e spaventoso terremoto successo nella Città della Matrice, e suo Stato, Con patimento ancora di Accumulo, e Luoghi circonvicini, sotto li [7] del presente mese di ottobre 1639 (in Italian). Roma.
- ^ Enrico Giustiniani. "Il terremoto di Amatrice del 7 ottobre 1639". giustiniani.info (in Italian). Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ Antonello Guerrera (24 August 2016). "La tragedia di Amatrice e Accumoli e quel 'terremoto gemello' del 1639". la Repubblica (in Italian).
- ^ a b "08 10 1639 earthquake". CFTI – Catalogue of strong earthquakes in Italy. Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
- ^ "Terremoto Centro Italia, Amatrice e Accumoli già distrutte da un sisma simile nel 1639". HuffPost (in Italian). 24 August 2016.
- ^ Manitta, Guglielmo (2016-08-25), Amatrice, Accumoli, Arquata e Pescara del Tronto e i terremoti del 1639, 1672, 1703, 1730, retrieved 26 August 2016
Bibliography
edit- Guglielmo Manitta, Amatrice, Accumoli, Arquata e Pescara del Tronto e i terremoti del 1639, 1672, 1703, 1730, 25 agosto 2016.
- Carlo Tiberi (1639). Nuova e vera Relazione del Terribile, e Spaventoso Terremoto successo nella Città della Matrice, e suo Stato, con patimento ancora di Accumulo, e Luoghi circonvicini, sotto li 7 del mese d'Ottobre 1639.
- M. Baratta (1901). I terremoti d'Italia. Saggio di storia, geografia e bibliografia sismica italiana.
- M.C. Spadea; M. Vecchi; P. Gardellini; S. Del Mese. D. Postpischl (ed.). "The Amatrice earthquake of October 8, 1639 (in Atlas of Isoseismal Maps of Italian Earthquakes)". Quaderni de "La Ricerca Scientifica". 2A (114). CNR-PFG: 161.
External links
edit- "7 October 1639 earthquake – Amatrice". AHEAD – European Archive of Historical EArthquake Data.
- "08-10-1639 earthquake". CFTI – Catalogue of strong earthquakes in Italy]. National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology. Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
- "15-10-1639 earthquake". CFTI – Catalogue of strong earthquakes in Italy]. National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology. Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-11-06.