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Articles | Volume 23, issue 11
Articles | Volume 23, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-3407-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-3407-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 23, issue 11
Research article
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09 Nov 2023
Research article |  | 09 Nov 2023

The footprint of a historical paleoearthquake: the sixth-century-CE event in the European western Southern Alps

Franz Livio, Maria Francesca Ferrario, Elisa Martinelli, Sahra Talamo, Silvia Cercatillo, and Alessandro Maria Michetti

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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.
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