Earthquake of 1343

1343 earthquake
Date	November 25, 1343 (1343-11-25)
Epicenter	Tyrrhenian Sea and Bay of Naples
Tsunami	Yes

Tyrrhenian Sea.

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. Le calamità ambientali nel tardo Medioevo europeo: realtà, percezioni, reazioni. Centro studi sulla civiltà del Tardo Med (in Italian) 12. Firenze University Press. p. 111. ISBN 9788884534996. Retrieved 21 June 2012.

Earthquakes in Italy

Historical	62 Pompeii 1117 Verona 1169 Sicily 1222 Brescia 1343 Naples 1348 Friuli 1570 Ferraras 1626 Naples 1627 Gargano 1693 Sicily 1694 Irpinia–Basilicata 1703 Apennine 1783 Calabrian 1805 Molise 1857 Basilicata 1873 Alpago

20th century	1905 Calabria 1907 Calabria 1908 Messina 1915 Avezzano 1920 Garfagnana 1930 Irpinia 1930 Senigallia 1936 Cansiglio 1968 Belice 1976 Friuli 1980 Irpinia 1997 Umbria and Marche

21st century	2002 Molise 2009 L'Aquila 2012 Northern Italy

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