<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1693_Sicily_earthquake" id="mwNQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1693 Sicily earthquake">Sicily earthquake</a>: The first of two earthquakes destroys parts of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicily" id="mwNg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sicily">Sicily</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta" id="mwNw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Malta">Malta</a>. After the second quake on 11 January, the death toll is estimated at between 60,000 and 100,000 people.<sup about="#mwt38" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-5"}}' id="cite_ref-5" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_9#cite_note-5" id="mwOA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwOQ">[5]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-5"><cite about="#mwt32" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFGatesRitchie2007">Gates, Alexander E.; Ritchie, David (2007). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=b1sXfJCiCHQC" id="mwB9I" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwB9M">Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes</i></a>. New York: Facts on File. p.<span id="mwB9Q" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>292. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwB9U" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwB9Y" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9780816063024" id="mwB9c" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9780816063024"><bdi id="mwB9g">9780816063024</bdi></a></cite><span about="#mwt32" class="Z3988" id="mwB9k" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Earthquakes+and+Volcanoes&amp;rft.place=New+York&amp;rft.pages=292&amp;rft.pub=Facts+on+File&amp;rft.date=2007&amp;rft.isbn=9780816063024&amp;rft.aulast=Gates&amp;rft.aufirst=Alexander+E.&amp;rft.au=Ritchie%2C+David&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Db1sXfJCiCHQC&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+9"></span>; <link about="#mwt35" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"},"body":{"extsrc":""},"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Cite web","href":"./Template:Cite_web"},"params":{"url":{"wt":"http://storing.ingv.it/cfti/cfti5/quake.php?01148IT"},"title":{"wt":"Catalogue of Strong Earthquakes in Italy (461 BC – 1997) and Mediterranean Area (760 B.C. – 1500)"},"last1":{"wt":"Guidoboni"},"first1":{"wt":"E."},"last2":{"wt":"Ferrari"},"first2":{"wt":"G."},"last3":{"wt":"Mariotti"},"first3":{"wt":"D."},"last4":{"wt":"Comastri"},"first4":{"wt":"A."},"last5":{"wt":"Tarabusi"},"first5":{"wt":"G."},"last6":{"wt":"Sgatoni"},"first6":{"wt":"G."},"last7":{"wt":"Valensise"},"first7":{"wt":"G."},"publisher":{"wt":"INGV-SGA"},"access-date":{"wt":"16 January 2020"}},"i":0}}]}' href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403" id="mwB9o" rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion"/><cite about="#mwt35" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFGuidoboniFerrariMariottiComastri">Guidoboni, E.; Ferrari, G.; Mariotti, D.; Comastri, A.; Tarabusi, G.; Sgatoni, G.; Valensise, G. <a class="external text" href="http://storing.ingv.it/cfti/cfti5/quake.php?01148IT" id="mwB9s" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Catalogue of Strong Earthquakes in Italy (461 BC – 1997) and Mediterranean Area (760 B.C. – 1500)"</a>. INGV-SGA<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB9w">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB90">16 January</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt35" class="Z3988" id="mwB94" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Catalogue+of+Strong+Earthquakes+in+Italy+%28461+BC+%E2%80%93+1997%29+and+Mediterranean+Area+%28760+B.C.+%E2%80%93+1500%29&amp;rft.pub=INGV-SGA&amp;rft.aulast=Guidoboni&amp;rft.aufirst=E.&amp;rft.au=Ferrari%2C+G.&amp;rft.au=Mariotti%2C+D.&amp;rft.au=Comastri%2C+A.&amp;rft.au=Tarabusi%2C+G.&amp;rft.au=Sgatoni%2C+G.&amp;rft.au=Valensise%2C+G.&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fstoring.ingv.it%2Fcfti%2Fcfti5%2Fquake.php%3F01148IT&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+9"></span><!--Note firstly that the link takes you to an index map, which can be interrogated for information about individual earthquakes and secondly that this source is occasionally unavailable for weeks at a time, but always comes back eventually--></span>