Significant Earthquakes of the 1200s

• April 25, 1201, Styria, Slovenia, Balkans NW
• May 20, 1202, Southwestern, SyriaM7.6 · 30,000 deaths · tsunami
• July 25, 1202, Kien Nan Chan, Fujian Province, ChinaDeaths: many
• 1208, Gurgandzhe, TurkmenistanM6.1 · 2,000 deaths
• July 16, 1208, Neyshabur (Neishabur),firrim, IranM6.5
• 1209, Nishapur, IranM7.6
• December 4, 1209, Fushan, Shaanxi Province, ChinaM6.3 · 3,000 deaths
• May 1, 1212, Gulf of Aqaba, EgyptDeaths: many
• June 2, 1219, Ningxia, ChinaM6.5 · 10,000 deaths
• May 11, 1222, CyprusDeaths: many · tsunami
• December 25, 1222, Brescia, Italy12,000 deaths
• 1223, Siponto, Italy
• 1227, Lambesc, High Alps,provence, France5,000 deaths
• July 1227, Ningxia, ChinaM5.5
• March 11, 1231, Istanbul (Constantinople), TurkeyM6.9 · tsunami
• June 1, 1231, S. Germano, Montecassino, Italy
• 1233, Venezia (Venice), ItalyM5.6
• 1237, Durres, Albania
• March 1237, Albania
• August 24, 1237, Gonabad (Dasht-E-Bayaz-Gonabad), Iran
• May 22, 1241, Kamakura, JapanM7 · tsunami
• 1248, Sabaudia, Italy9,000 deaths
• June 7, 1255, Kathmandu, NepalDeaths: many
• October 9, 1257, Sanriku, JapanM7.5 · tsunami
• October 9, 1257, Sagami Bay, JapanM7 · tsunami
• 1259, Trapani, Italy
• 1267, Neyshabur (Neishabur), IranM5.8
• 1268, Erzincan, Turkey15,000 deaths
• 1269, Cicilia, Ceyhan (Seyhan), Turkey8,000 deaths
• July 29, 1272, Tabriz, Iran250 deaths
• 1273, Potenza, Italy
• September 1273, Durres, AlbaniaM6.5 · tsunami
• April 14, 1275, GeorgiaM6.7 · Deaths: many
• 1276, El Araish (Larache), MoroccoDeaths: many
• July 20, 1277, Verona, ItalyM5.1 · Deaths: some
• April 30, 1279, Forli, Spoleto, Romagna, Marche, Bologna, ItalyM6.2 · Deaths: many
• May 3, 1280, Neishabur-Shadyak, Iran
• June 6, 1280, Croatia, Balkans NW
• November 3, 1280, Croatia, Balkans NW
• 1281, Shadiyakh, IranM5.8
• 1283, Samtskhe, Dzhavakhet, GeorgiaM6.3
• 1284, Dimashq (Damascus), Syria
• 1286, Vannes, France
• August 1289, Beijing, China10,000 deaths
• November 25, 1289, Strasbourg, France
• September 27, 1290, Ningcheng, Nei Mongol, ChinaM6.8 · 100,000 deaths
• January 4, 1291, Shiraz, Iran
• August 25, 1291, Shaanxi Province, ChinaM6.5 · 150 deaths
• January 11, 1293, Al-Karak, Ramla,gaza, Jordan, Israel
• May 27, 1293, Kamakura, JapanM7.1 · 23,024 deaths · tsunami
• April 5, 1295, SwitzerlandDeaths: many
• September 4, 1295, SwitzerlandDeaths: some
• June 1, 1296, Istanbul (Constantinople), TurkeyDeaths: few
• November 30, 1298, Rieti, Italy

• 2100s BC 1
• 2000s BC 2
• 1600s BC 1
• 1500s BC 1
• 1400s BC 1
• 1300s BC 1
• 1200s BC 1
• 1000s BC 1
• 700s BC 1
• 500s BC 3
• 400s BC 5
• 300s BC 4
• 200s BC 10
• 100s BC 4
• 99 to 1 BC 13
• Years 1 to 99 23
• 100s 18
• 200s 7
• 300s 31
• 400s 20
• 500s 30
• 600s 9
• 700s 29
• 800s 54
• 900s 25
• 1000s 52
• 1100s 50
• 1200s 54
• 1300s 78
• 1400s 92
• 1500s 172
• 1600s 329
• 1700s 410
• 1800s 1,073
• 1900s 2,620
• 2000s 1,472

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.