On January 11, 1693, a destructive tsunami struck the island of Sicily, preceded and triggered by a major earthquake. According to the historical data recorded in the NOAA/NCEI Global Historical Tsunami Database, the event is associated with an earthquake and has a validity classification of 4, indicating a definite tsunami occurrence.
Event Timeline and Location
The associated earthquake struck at 13:30 UTC (1:30 PM) on January 11, 1693 CE. The event's epicenter and geographic coordinates were centered at latitude 37.133 and longitude 15.017 on the island of Sicily, Italy.
Measurements and Impacts
The tsunami generated a recorded maximum water height of 12.0 meters. The triggering earthquake reached a magnitude of 7.4. The combined disaster resulted in a total of 54,000 deaths.
Image credits
- Biblioteca centrale "G. Marconi" del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche — Wikimedia Commons source — CC BY-SA 4.0
Sources and further context
Official datasets support the event-specific facts.