January 18, 1155 Earthquake: Borgogne, Italy
An earthquake struck Borgogne, Italy on January 18, 1155.
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
- January 18, 1155
- Place
- Borgogne, Italy
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 45.800° N, 8.100° E
- Country
- Italy
The toll
- Deaths
- Many (about 101 to 1,000)
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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 25, 1222, Brescia, Italy
- October 18, 1356, Basel, Switzerland
- March 11, 1584, Geneva-Yvoire, Switzerland
- February 14, 1834, Borgo Val Di Taro, Italy
- October 9, 1828, Pavia, Italy
- September 18, 1601, Switzerland
- February 13, 1991, France
- March 11, 1817, Chamonix Valley, France
- April 2, 1808, Valley of Pellice, Chisone, Italy
- July 25, 1855, Haut-Valais, Switzerland
- December 9, 1755, Switzerland
- January 1, 1851, Switzerland
- March 13, 1584, Switzerland
- 1512, Switzerland
- March 14, 1584, Switzerland
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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 412.