A Glimpse into the Seismicity of the Ionian Islands Between 1658 and 1664 - Historical Seismology: Interdisciplinary Studies of Past and Recent Earthquakes - page 50

Ta b l e 1 13 August 1658, Kefallinia

Date and place of the
document

5 S.V./15 August
Kefallinia

18 August Zakynthos 28 August Kefallinia [September] Assos 29 September Assos

type of document
and author

Dispatch, Alvise Gritti,
Provveditore in
Kefallinia

Dispatch n. 25, Marin
Marcello, Provv. Gen.
(Tre) Isole del
Levante

Dispatch, Alvise Gritti,
Provveditore in
Kefallinia

“Nota dei legnami”
Piero Zen,
Provveditore in
Assos

Dispatch n. 33,
Marin Marcello,
Provv. Gen. (Tre)
Isole del Levante

general
information on
the earthquake

It occurred on 13
August (3 S.V.)

It occurred on Tuesday
14 [but the 14th was
a Wednesday] .

People still live in the
countryside.

300 people died and
many injured people

Just before sunset. Just before sunset.

Many aftershocks. Many aftershocks.

Affected places
Argostolion In Argostolion and

territory, some houses
and churches
collapsed, some other
were damaged.

Some houses collapsed.
People went to live in
the countryside.

Lixourion Many collapsed

buildings in
Lixourion and
surroundings.

About 400 houses
collapsed in Palichi,
Lixourion and their
surroundings.

Most buildings
collapsed and there
are troubles in storing
the harvests of
“uvepasse” (raisins)
and “moscato”
(muscat).

Unknown amount of
dead and injured.

[only 20 people died]
300 people died