4. 1908 Messina Tsunami
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On December 28 of 1908, an earthquake of 7.1 magnitude occurred in Messina, Italy. It destroyed 91% of Messina’s structures and buildings and killed 75,000 people. It’s considered to be Europe’s most destructive earthquake.
The earthquake was followed by an enormous tsunami and the double catastrophe almost destroyed Messina and nearby cities. The waves of the tsunami were estimated to be 13 meters high that crashed on the coasts of northern Sicily and southern Calabria. After the tsunami happened, the harbor was filled with ship wreckage and corpses of drowned people and animals.
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