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Historic Tsunami
1907 Italy Tsunami
23 October 1907 · Ionian Calabria · Italy
On 23 October 1907 at 20:28 UTC, a tsunami formed near Ionian Calabria, Italy. It was caused by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake. It was observed at 2 locations. It killed at least 158 people.
- Date
- 23 October 1907
- Time
- 20:28 UTC
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake Magnitude
- 5.9
- Observation Sites
- 2
- Furthest Reach
- 107 km
- Deaths
- 158
- Source Country
- Italy
- Triggering Earthquake
- 1907 Calabria Earthquake
Other Major Tsunamis in the Region
- 1990Eastern Sicily, Italy19 deaths
- 1953Ionian Sea, Greece476 deaths
- 1948Ionian Sea, Greece · 1.0 m7 deaths
- 1908Messina Strait, Ionian Sea, Italy · 13.0 m80,000 deaths
- 1906Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy · 0.4 m350 deaths
- 1905Tyrrhenian Calabria, Italy · 1.3 m557 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Tsunami Database (doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7) · Natural Earth