Dipartimento di Scienza ed Alta Tecnologia, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Via Valleggio 11, 22100 Como (CO), Italy
Elisa Martinelli
Dipartimento di Scienza ed Alta Tecnologia, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Via Valleggio 11, 22100 Como (CO), Italy
Sahra Talamo
Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum, BRAVHO Radiocarbon Laboratory, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna (BO), Italy
Silvia Cercatillo
Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum, BRAVHO Radiocarbon Laboratory, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna (BO), Italy
Here we document the occurrence of an historical earthquake that occurred in the European western Southern Alps in the sixth century CE. Analysis of the effects due to earthquake shaking in the city of Como (N Italy) and a comparison with dated offshore landslides in the Alpine lakes allowed us to make an inference about the possible magnitude and the location of the seismic source for this event.
Here we document the occurrence of an historical earthquake that occurred in the European...