1233 Earthquake: Venezia (Venice), Italy
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Venezia (Venice), Italy in 1233.
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
- 1233
- Place
- Venezia (Venice), Italy
- Magnitude
- 5.6
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 45.300° N, 12.200° E
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Southern Europe
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.
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #1158 Feliziani, P. and L. Marcelli (1965). Il terremoto di Tomezzo del 26 Aprile 1959. 1 Parte. Venti secoli di storia sismica delle Regione Carnica e dell' Italia Nord-Orientale. Annali di Geofisica, Revista dell' Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica, vol. XVIII, no. 3, p. 165-209.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 25, 1222, Brescia, Italy
- January 25, 1348, Celovac, Veneto, Slovenia, Villach, Italy, Austria
- August 8, 1511, Cividale del Fruili, Italy
- April 14, 1672, Rimini, Italy
- September 7, 1920, Carrara,garfagnana, Italy
- May 6, 1976, NW, Slovenia, NE, Balkans NW, Italy
- November 17, 1570, Ferrara,bologna,padova,venizia,treviso, Italy
- October 19, 1768, Santa Sofia, Italy
- June 13, 1542, Scarperia, Italy
- June 29, 1873, Bellunese, Italy
- 778, Treviso, Italy
- December 4, 1690, Carinthie, Austria
- October 30, 1930, Senigallia, Italy
- May 29, 2012, Medolla, Mirandola, Cavezzo, Emilia Romagna, Italy
- March 26, 1511, Idrija,skofja Loka, Slovenia, Balkans NW
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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 458.