1273 Earthquake: Potenza, Italy

Name: 1273 Earthquake: Potenza, Italy
Location: Potenza, Italy

1273

An earthquake struck Potenza, Italy in 1273.

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: 1273
Place: Potenza, Italy
Intensity: 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 40.600° N, 15.800° E
Country: Italy

The toll

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

December 5, 1456, Avellino,napoli,abruzzi, Brindisi,benevento, Italy30,000 deaths · 112 km
December 16, 1857, Campania, Potenza, ItalyM6.5 · 10,000 deaths · 37 km
September 16, 1857, Calabria,montemurro, Italy10,000 deaths · 143 km
March 27, 1638, Cosenza,martirano, Nicastro, Calabria, ItalyM7 · 9,581 deaths · 179 km
July 26, 1805, Molise, Rosolone, Napoli (Naples), Isernia, Italy5,600 deaths · 114 km
July 30, 1627, Lesina, ItalyM6.7 · 5,000 deaths · 131 km
November 23, 1980, Avellino, Potenza, Caserta, Naples, ItalyM6.9 · 4,689 deaths · $20 billion · 51 km
September 8, 1694, Calitri, Italy4,057 deaths · 14 km
July 17, 1361, Basilicata to Pouilles, Italy4,000 deaths · 37 km
December 16, 1631, Naples (Napoli), Italy4,000 deaths · 118 km
March 20, 1731, Foggia, ItalyM6.3 · 3,600 deaths · 103 km
June 5, 1688, Benevento, Italy3,311 deaths · 109 km
July 28, 1883, Casamicciola, Forino, Lacco Ameno, Ischia Is, Italy2,313 deaths · 2,278 houses destroyed · 161 km
August 24, 79, Naples (Napoli), Italy2,100 deaths · 118 km
January 1688, Pisticci, Italy2,000 deaths · 68 km

Significant earthquakes of 1273 The 1200s Recent earthquakes near here

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 471.