On October 23 , 1907 , a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Calabria , at a depth of 33.0 km . The epicentral area included Ferruzzano , where many houses collapsed almost completely , and 158 persons , or 8 % of its population , were killed . Ferruzano had been hit as well in the 1905 Calabria earthquake . Several aftershocks followed : on November 17 , 1907 , Ferruzzano was hit by an earthquake again , as well as on January 23 , 1908 . New houses built after the earthquakes of 1905 and 1907 resisted the shocks of the 1908 Messina earthquake
1905 Calabria earthquake
1905 Calabria earthquake
Ferruzzano