2019
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-2019-94
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Assessment of the 1783 Scilla landslide-tsunami effects on Calabria and Sicily coasts through numerical modeling

Abstract: Abstract. The 1783 Scilla tsunami, induced by a coastal landslide occurring during an intense seismic sequence in Calabria (South Italy), was one of the most lethal ever observed in Italy. It caused more than 1500 fatalities, most of which on the 10 beach close to the town where people gathered to escape earthquake shaking. In this paper, complementing a previous work (Zaniboni et al., 2016) focusing on the very local tsunami effects in the town of Scilla, we study the tsunami impact on the Calabria and Sicily… Show more

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“…Among the various investigations, we have selected the Vol. 177, (2020) A New Approach for Landslide Modeling: Application to the Scilla simulation performed via the block-based model UBO-Block 1D in Zaniboni et al (2016Zaniboni et al ( , 2019 as a reference study to test the performance of the model UBO-Inter. The reference model depicted the Scilla landslide as a chain of 10 blocks with prescribed lateral spreading and prescribed slide CoM trajectory.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Among the various investigations, we have selected the Vol. 177, (2020) A New Approach for Landslide Modeling: Application to the Scilla simulation performed via the block-based model UBO-Block 1D in Zaniboni et al (2016Zaniboni et al ( , 2019 as a reference study to test the performance of the model UBO-Inter. The reference model depicted the Scilla landslide as a chain of 10 blocks with prescribed lateral spreading and prescribed slide CoM trajectory.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These can be considered observation data. The area that was assumed by Zaniboni et al (2016Zaniboni et al ( , 2019 to be potentially swept by the landslide is portrayed as hatched in Fig. 5 and crosses the deposit.…”
Section: The 1783 Scilla Landslidementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Italy, throughout history, has been hit by several major tsunamis. Among these are the tsunamis that affected the coasts of Puglia in 1627, the eastern coasts of Sicily in 1693, the coasts of Calabria and Sicily in 1783 and again the Calabrian coasts in 1905 [33,34,35,36].…”
Section: Tsunami Hazard In the Mediterranean Area And Italian Coastmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The red contour marks the submarine deposit observed in the geo-marine surveys [38]. (Source: Satellite view obtained by Google Earth [27]. )…”
Section: Historical Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…On the other side, in Sicily, the tsunami mainly hit the village of Torre Faro: a very high wave swept the beach dragging various boats away and causing the death of 26 people. The water hit the beach area from 350 m to about 1 km flooding cultivated fields and vineyards [27]. 3 METHODOLOGY Risk is a probabilistic concept, it is related with the probability of occurrence of a certain event that can cause harm to people.…”
Section: Historical Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%