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Title: | The frightening tremors of January 1693 |
Authors: | Vella, Godwin |
Keywords: | Earthquake damage -- Malta -- Gozo Earthquakes -- Malta -- Gozo -- History |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
Publisher: | University of Malta. Gozo Campus |
Citation: | Vella, G. (2011). The frightening tremors of January 1693. Gozo Observer, 25, 23-31 |
Abstract: | An account of the January 1693 earthquake. On Friday 9th at about 10 o’clock at night a first tremor was felt. It was relatively mild and does not seem to have inflicted perceivable damage in these Islands. Barely forty hours later, namely on Sunday 11th during mid-afternoon a second and truly devastating earthquake shook violently the Maltese Islands for a few interminable minutes. No victims were recorded but the population was terror stricken. The Grandmaster commissioned resident chief engineer of the Order of St John Mederico Blondel to commission a report on the damage that Gozo sustained during the quake. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/20717 |
Appears in Collections: | The Gozo Observer - Issue 25, December 2011 The Gozo Observer - Issue 25, December 2011 |
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