1248 Earthquake: Sabaudia, Italy
An earthquake struck Sabaudia, Italy in 1248. It killed 9,000 people.
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
- 1248
- Place
- Sabaudia, Italy
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 41.000° N, 13.000° E
- Country
- Italy
The toll
- Deaths
- 9,000
- 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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- January 14, 1703, Central Apennino, Norcia, L'Aquila, Perugia, Italy
- December 5, 1456, Avellino,napoli,abruzzi, Brindisi,benevento, Italy
- January 13, 1915, Marsica, Avezzano, Abruzzi, Italy
- February 2, 1703, L'Aquila (Aquila), Italy
- July 26, 1805, Molise, Rosolone, Napoli (Naples), Isernia, Italy
- November 23, 1980, Avellino, Potenza, Caserta, Naples, Italy
- December 16, 1631, Naples (Napoli), Italy
- June 5, 1688, Benevento, Italy
- July 28, 1883, Casamicciola, Forino, Lacco Ameno, Ischia Is, Italy
- August 24, 79, Naples (Napoli), Italy
- September 9, 1349, L'Aquila, Abruzzi, Sannio, Italy
- November 29, 1732, Ariano, Lucanie, Avellino, Italy
- November 3, 1706, Sulmona to Campobasso, Abruzzi, Italy
- 614, Italy
- July 23, 1654, Alvito,bellomonte,pontecorvo,sora, Italy
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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 462.