Title: Earthquake, Cannes, France, 1887 Description: American and British tourists living in tents after a quake drove them from shattered hotels all along the Riviera; the massive earthquake, beginning at 6 a.m.; destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed more than 2,000 persons; the quake extended from Leghorn, Italy to Lyons, France and severely damaged the French and Italian Riviera; the shock waves were recorded in Washington, D.C. and were estimated there to be traveling at 500 mph; Location: Cannes, France, February 23, 1887 Category: Disasters Topic: Earthquakes Keywords: disasters, earthquakes, quakes, Riviera, shock waves, tents, tourists Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 1350 x 1325 (1.79 MPixels) (1.02) Print Size: 11.4 x 11.2 cm; 4.5 x 4.4 inches File Size: 5.12 MB (5,371,780 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000060081 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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