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THE Messina earthquake of December, 1908, will probably occupy the attention of Italian seismologists for some time to come. In the meantime, Dr. Mario Baratta has published a summary of the results at which he has arrived during an investigation made under the auspices of the Italian Geographical Society. The great shock, he remarks, was not announced by any slight movements in the district chiefly affected. The greater part of this district lies in the Calabrian peninsula, bounded by a line which just includes Palmi, San Procopio, San Stefano, and Pellaro. In Sicily the bounding line includes Faro Superiore, close to the north-eastern corner, and passes a short distance to the west and south of Messina; but, even in this region of maximum devastation, there are small areas within which the buildings appear to have been miraculously preserved.
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The Messina Earthquake . Nature 82, 203–204 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/082203b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/082203b0