AA.VV. (2020), Terremoti e Maremoti. Come conoscerli e ridurre i rischi. Terza edizione, Novembre 2020, 48 pagine. ISBN 9791280282002. The data come fromdatabase ITED (2020).
The 1908 tsunami recorded by mareographers in Palermo, Naples and Civitavecchia.
Pellaro (RC): a boat dragged by the tsunami inside the Madonnella church, collapsed because of the earthquake. Just south of this town the tsunami reached a maximum height of about 13 meters.
One hundred and twelve years ago, the greatest catastrophe that struck Italy in the '900.
It was December 28, 1908 when an earthquake of magnitude greater than 7 affected southern Italy causing victims and widespread damage.
The huge energy released by the earthquake offshore, generated tsunami that in few minutes violently reached the coasts.
The tsunami propagated from North to South hitting the coasts of Calabria and Sicily.
In a short time the wave reached Malta, where streets and stores were flooded and boats were dragged to shore by the impetus of the water. Also the mareograph of Naples and Civitavecchia respectively at 300 and 500 km distance, recorded the variations of the sea level.
The greatest heights run-up, were recorded between the provinces of Reggio Calabria where in Pellaro, a neighborhood south of the city was measured a maximum height of 13 meters and Messina on Stromboli island were measured run-up of over 10 meters (in Messina city the waves reached 3 meters).
The tsunami is estimated to have killed several hundred people, perhaps 2,000 or more, which added up to about 80,000 caused by the collapse and the effects of the earthquake.