What is 1908 Messina earthquake?
{{Location map|Italy|width=220|float=right|caption=[[Epicenter]]|relief=yes|label=|position=right|mark=Bullseye1.png|marksize=40|lat_deg=|lon_deg=|lat=38.15|long=15.68}} [[File:Underwood_&_Underwood_©_1906_No._10495_-_Messina_-_The_once_beautiful_Water-front_after_the_earthquake_dett.jpg|thumb|Messina - The once beautiful Water-front after the earthquake dett]] The '''1908 Messina earthquake''' (also known as the '''1908 Messina and Reggio earthquake''') was on 28 December in [[Sicily]] and [[Calabria]] in southern [[Italy]]. It had a [[Moment magnitude scale|moment magnitude]] of 7.1 and a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of XI (''Extreme''). The epicentre was in the [[Strait of Messina]] which is the water between Sicily and mainland Italy. The cities of [[Messina]] and [[Reggio Calabria]] were almost completely destroyed and between 75,000 and 82,000 people were killed. It was the most destructive earthquake ever to strike [[Europe]].<ref name=PBS>{{cite web|publisher=PBS|accessdate=June 7, 2021|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/rescue-messina-earthquake/|title=Messina Earthquake}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Europe-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Messina earthquake, 1908}} [[Category:1908 in Europe]] [[Category:20th century in Italy]] [[Category:Calabria]] [[Category:Disasters in the 20th century]] [[Category:Earthquakes in Italy]] [[Category:Messina]]