The 1627 Gargano earthquake struck
Gargano and part of
Tavoliere,
southern Italy, at about mid-day on 30 July 1627. A "very large earthquake" caused a major
tsunami, the largest seismic event ever recorded in the Gargano region,[4] which "produced severe damage in the whole promontory", killing about 5,000 people.[5] Four
aftershocks were documented. The most extensive damage was noted between
San Severo and
Lesina.
Some sources describe a large 1626 Naples earthquake,[6] but other have argued that these are misreports of the 1627 event.[7]
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abRovida, Andrea; Locati, Mario; Camassi, Romano; Lolli, Barbara; Gasperini, Paolo (2016), "Earthquake catalog", in Rovida, A.; Locati, M.; Camassi, R.; Lolli, B.; Gasperini, P. (eds.), CPTI15, the 2015 version of the Parametric Catalogue of Italian Earthquakes (Data Set),
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia,
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10.6092/INGV.IT-CPTI15