1118 Earthquake: Sliabh-Elpa, Ireland, United Kingdom
An earthquake struck Sliabh-Elpa, Ireland, United Kingdom in 1118.
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
- 1118
- Place
- Sliabh-Elpa, Ireland, United Kingdom
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Northern and Western Europe
The toll
- Deaths
- Many (about 101 to 1,000)
- Damage
- Extreme (about $25 million or more)
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.
A very great earthquake in Sliabh-Elpa, which extinguished many cities, and a multitude of people in them. (from reference #2407)
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #2407 Davison, Charles (1924). A History of British Earthquakes, Chapter XX Extra-British Earthquakes. Cambridge University Press, various pages.
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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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 7261.