London, Feb 6: Researchers have used historical data to estimate earthquake risk for three different fault zones in the Mediterranean region, which hints towards a potential tsunami for southern Italy.
According to a report in New Scientist, Stefano Lorito of the National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology in Rome, carried out the research.
Tsunamis occur around once a century in the Mediterranean Sea. In 1908, a magnitude 7 earthquake created a tsunami that almost destroyed the Italian cities of Messina and Reggio Calabria, the report said.