1783 Calabrian earthquakes
1783 CE
The 1783 Calabrian earthquakes are a sequence of five strong earthquakes that hit the region of Calabria in southern Italy (at this time part of the Kingdom of Naples), the first two of which produce significant tsunamis.
The epicenters form a clear alignment extending nearly one hundred kilometers from the Straits of Messina to about eighteen kilometers SSW of Catanzaro.
The epicenter of the first earthquake occurs in the plain of Palmi.
The earthquakes occur over a period of nearly two months, all with estimated magnitudes of 5.9 or greater.
Estimates of the total number of deaths lie in the range thirty-two thousand to fifty thousand.
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A sequence of five earthquakes strikes Calabria, Italy (February 5–7, March 1 and 28), leaving fifty thousand dead.