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Ta b l e 2 Summary of the information available about the 1396 earthquake from historical
compilations
Source

Effects When Where

Agnelli, 1895 Strong earthquake; many

buildings collapsed

The day of St.
Stephen, 1397

Lombardia

Tovazzi, 1803 An earthquake happened 26 December 1397 Trento

Tatti, 1683 Strong earthquake; many

buildings collapsed

26 December, the
day of St.
Stephen, 1397

Lombardia

Calvi, 1676 Strong earthquake; many

buildings collapsed

26 December 1397 Bergamo and

Lombardia

Ghilini, 1666 Strong earthquake; many

buildings collapsed

26 December, the
day of St.
Stephen, 1397

Alessandria and
Lombardia

Schiavina, 1616 Strong earthquake; many

buildings collapsed

The day of St.
Stephen (1397)

Alessandria and
Lombardia

Nicolio, 1582 Strong earthquake; many

buildings collapsed

The day of St.
Stephen (1397)

Rovigo and
Lombardia

Corio, 1503 Strong earthquake; many

buildings collapsed

The day of St.
Stephen 1397 (the
year is expressed
according to the
Nativity calendar
style,
corresponding to
1396)

Lombardia

Zagata, 15th cent Strong earthquakes 26 December 1397 Verona

Mezzotti chronicle Some houses collapsed 26 November 1396 Monza

ones (Annali della Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano, 1387-1411) and coeval chron-
icles, such as Annales Mediolanenses, 1230-1402; Castelli, 1387-1407, without
success. Only the chronicle (1337-1517) of the Mezzotti family of Monza, pub-
lished in 1840 (Mezzotti, 1840), quoted by Mercalli (1883) with reference to the
presumed “26 November, 1369” event, reports:

“ai 26 di novembre del 1396 si sentı grave scossa di terremoto e rovinarono alcune case”
[on the 26 November 1396 a strong shock was felt and some houses were damaged]

Stucchi and Albini (1988) did not rely on this date and proposed to accept the date of
26 December 1396 according to Corio (1503). Later, Stucchi et al. (1993) assessed
I 7-8 MCS at Monza (Fig. 9). Boschi et al. (1997 and 2000) assigned I 7-8 MCS
at Monza on the basis of the Mezzotti chronicle. Guidoboni and Comastri (2005)
reappraised the analysis and, though confirming the above mentioned intensity at
Monza, concluded that the lack of information from coeval sources in Lombardia
and Veneto suggests that the epicentral location should be considered with caution.