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| UTC time | 1907-10-23 20:28:19 |
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| ISC event | n/a |
| USGS-ANSS | ComCat |
| Local date | 23 October 1907 |
| Local time | 21:28 |
| Magnitude | 5.9 Ms [1] |
| Depth | 33 km (21 mi) [1] |
| Epicenter | 38°05′13″N15°59′06″E / 38.087°N 15.985°E [2] |
| Total damage | Severe |
| Max. intensity | MMI IX (Violent) [2] |
| Foreshocks | yes [2] |
| Casualties | 167 dead [1] [2] |
On 23 October 1907 a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Calabria, at a depth of 33.0 km. in the area of Gerace-Siderno, on the southeast coast of Calabria. The event caused 167 deaths and major damage. [1]
The epicentral area included only one town (Ferruzzano), where many houses collapsed almost completely, and 158 persons, or 8% of its population, were killed. [1] Ferruzano had been hit as well in the 1905 Calabria earthquake. [3]
Almost a month later, on 17 November 1907, the area of Ferruzzano, Brancaleone and Bianco was hit again. [4] On 23 January 1908 the area was hit again by an earthquake. [5] People had to camp in the fields or in nearby subterranean grottos. [4] [5] In Ferruzzano new houses built after the earthquakes of 1905 and 1907 resisted the shocks of the 1908 Messina earthquake. [6]