1040 Earthquake: Al-Kairawan, Tunisia
An earthquake struck Al-Kairawan, Tunisia in 1040.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- 1040
- Place
- Al-Kairawan, Tunisia
- Intensity
- 11 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 35.700° N, 10.000° E
- Country
- Tunisia
The toll
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
1040. Kairawan, N.Africa, intensity X-XI. Great earthquake, some parts of Al-Kairawan sunk in to the ground of
huge smoke came out of the area. (reference #1222)
1040, Feb. 2. Persia, Tabriz, also Smyrna and in Africa. Intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which destroyed towns and devastated districts. (reference #1055)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 3, 856, Tunis, Tunisia
- January 1758, Tunis, Constantine, Tunisia
- February 20, 1957, Sidi Abid,sidi Touil (La Medja),cailloux, Tunisia
- June 2, 854, Kairouan, Tunis, Tunisia
- August 7, 1941, Bou-Saadiah,zaghouan, Tunisia
- February 18, 1962, Gafour,oum-Zid,el Akhouat, Tunisia
- 412, Utique, Tunisia
- 1905, Bizerte, Tunisia
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 330.