1627 Gargano earthquake

{{Short description|Large earthquake in eastern Italy}}

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| lat = 41.725

| long = 15.377

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| pre-1900 = yes

| local-date = {{Start date|1627|07|30}}

| local-time = 10:50

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| magnitude = 6.7 {{M|w|link=y}}

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| location = {{coord|41.74|15.34|region:IT_type:event|display=inline,title}}

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| damages = Severe

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| tsunami = Yes

| fault = Apricena Fault{{Cite journal |last1=Patacca |first1=E. |last2=Scandone |first2=P. |date=2004 |title=The 1627 Gargano earthquake (Southern Italy): Identification and characterization of the causative fault |journal=Journal of Seismology |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=259–273 |doi=10.1023/B:JOSE.0000021393.77543.1e|bibcode=2004JSeis...8..259P |s2cid=129298576 }}

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| casualties = 5,000 dead

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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,{{citation|title=Identification of tsunami deposits and liquefaction features in the Gargano area (Italy): paleoseismological implication|url=http://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/3460|first1=P. M.|last1=De Martini|first2=P.|last2=Burrato|first3=D.|last3=Pantosti|first4=A.|last4=Maramai|first5=L.|last5=Graziani|first6=H.|last6=Abramson|year=2003|journal=Annals of Geophysics|publisher=National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology|volume=46|number=5|pages=883, 884, 887–897}} which "produced severe damage in the whole promontory", killing about 5,000 people.{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.ingv.it/pub/alessio.piatanesi/PAPERS/1997_Perspectives_Tsu_Haz_Red_Hebenstrait.pdf|title=Numerical simulations of the 1627 Gargano Tsunami|publisher=University of Bologna, accessed via ftp.ingv.it|accessdate=19 May 2015|year=1997}} Four aftershocks were documented. The most extensive damage was noted between San Severo and Lesina.

Some sources describe a large 1626 Naples earthquake,{{cite book|last1=Gates|first1=Alexander E.|last2=Ritchie|first2=David|title=Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b1sXfJCiCHQC&pg=PA292|year= 2009|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-7270-5|page=292}} but other have argued that these are misreports of the 1627 event.{{cite journal |last1=Wasowski |first1=J |last2=Del Gaudio |first2=V |title=Evaluating seismically induced mass movement hazard in Caramanico Terme (Italy) |journal=Engineering Geology |date=December 2000 |volume=58 |issue=3–4 |pages=291–311 |doi=10.1016/S0013-7952(00)00040-5|bibcode=2000EngGe..58..291W }}