Significant Earthquakes of the 1400s

• 1400, Rudbar, Iran
• 1400, Lar, Iran
• 1402, Syriatsunami
• June 1402, Corinth (Corinthia), GreeceM7 · Deaths: few · tsunami
• November 16, 1403, Syrian Coaststsunami
• December 1403, Kumanonada, JapanM7 · tsunami
• 1404, Halab (Aleppo), Syria
• January 29, 1405, Neyshabur (Nishapur), IranM6.7 · Deaths: many
• October 16, 1406, Shimizu, JapanM6.2 · tsunami
• April 9, 1407, Antakya (Antioch), TurkeyDeaths: many
• January 21, 1408, Kumanonada, JapanM7 · tsunami
• December 29, 1408, Tripolis, Aleppo, Lebanon, Antioch, Syria, TurkeyM7.4 · Deaths: many · tsunami
• August 3, 1414, Sansepolcro, Italy200 deaths
• 1417, Italy
• April 7, 1418, Vrana, Croatia, Balkans NW
• March 15, 1419, Marmara Sea, TurkeyDeaths: some · tsunami
• 1426, Zabid,bahrain, Yemen60 deaths
• May 15, 1427, Olot,barcelona, SpainDeaths: many
• February 2, 1428, Olot, Prats DE Mollo, Spain, France800 deaths
• April 24, 1431, Granada, Spain
• November 7, 1433, Tokaido, JapanM7.1 · Deaths: many · tsunami
• 1440, Karzin, IranM6.5
• October 26, 1440, Yongdeng, Gansu Province, ChinaM6.3 · 200 deaths
• 1441, Tabriz, Iran
• 1441, Van,nemrut, Turkey
• June 5, 1443, Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia30 deaths
• 1444, Nemrut Mtns, Turkey30,000 deaths
• November 1444, Varna, Bulgaria
• December 12, 1445, Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, ChinaM6.3 · Deaths: many
• 1446, Camerino, Italy
• November 4, 1447, Roma (Rome), ItalyDeaths: many
• September 19, 1448, Sado, JapanM7 · tsunami
• 1451, Croatia, Balkans NW
• September 14, 1454, SwitzerlandDeaths: some
• September 15, 1454, SwitzerlandDeaths: some
• January 24, 1455, Kwangju, South KoreaM6.3 · Deaths: many
• June 16, 1456, Serbia, Balkans NW
• November 29, 1456, Erzincan, Turkey
• December 5, 1456, Avellino,napoli,abruzzi, Brindisi,benevento, Italy30,000 deaths · tsunami
• 1457, Palestine, Syria, Israel32,000 deaths
• 1458, Erzincan,erzurum, Turkey32,000 deaths
• November 12, 1458, Al-Karak (Karak), Jordan, Palestine, Israel100 deaths
• May 20, 1459, Croatia, Balkans NW
• November 27, 1461, L'Aquila (Aquila), Italy
• November 28, 1461, Central, Italy
• 1463, Zabid, Yemen10 deaths · 50 houses destroyed
• 1464, Sevilla (Seville), Spain
• 1467, Ava (Innwa), Myanmar
• 1469, GreeceDeaths: some
• 1471, PeruM8
• 1471, Croatia, Balkans NW
• 1475, Bolosagun, KyrgyzstanM6.4
• 1475, Mexico City
• August 17, 1478, Yanyuan, Sichuan Province, ChinaM5.5 · Deaths: many
• October 20, 1479, Croatia, Balkans NW
• March 18, 1481, Cairo, EgyptDeaths: very many
• May 3, 1481, Rhodes, GreeceM7.1 · Deaths: few · tsunami
• July 15, 1481, Yunnan Province, ChinaM6 · Deaths: many
• September 10, 1481, Rodi Garganico, Italy
• October 3, 1481, Rhodes, Greecetsunami
• December 18, 1481, Rhodes, GreeceDeaths: many
• 1482, Hormoz,oman, IranM6.5
• 1482, Erzincan,erzurum, TurkeyM7.5 · 30,000 deaths
• February 15, 1482, Croatia, Balkans NW
• February 18, 1483, Off Coast, IranM6
• October 18, 1483, Dodecanese Islands, Greece
• January 29, 1484, Beijing, ChinaM6.8 · Deaths: some
• August 27, 1484, Gilan,dilaman,karajian,shakur,gulijan, IranDeaths: many
• July 24, 1485, Sagaing, Myanmar
• August 14, 1485, Alamut-Jenat Rudbar-Dailaman, IranM7.2
• August 10, 1487, Lintong, Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, ChinaM6.3 · 1,900 deaths
• September 16, 1488, Maowen, Sichuan Province, ChinaM5.5 · 37 houses destroyed
• 1489, South Coasts of Asia Minor, Turkeytsunami
• 1490, Sligo, Mayo, Ireland100 deaths
• February 20, 1490, Samarkand, UzbekistanM5.8
• November 1, 1490, Dodecanese Islands, Greece
• October 1491, Kos, Greece5,000 deaths
• January 10, 1493, Nowzad-Mask, IranM7 · Deaths: many
• August 18, 1493, Dodecanese Islands, GreeceDeaths: many
• March 24, 1494, Qujing, Yunnan Province, ChinaM5.5 · 3 deaths · 200 houses destroyed
• June 13, 1494, Near S Coast, France
• June 23, 1494, Lantosque,roquebilliere,nice, France
• July 1, 1494, Crete, GreeceM7.2 · tsunami
• April 10, 1495, Zhongwei, Ningxia, ChinaM6.3 · 50 houses destroyed
• September 12, 1495, Kamakura, JapanM7.1 · 200 deaths · tsunami
• January 23, 1496, Croatia, Balkans NW
• 1497, Qalhat, OmanM5.5
• July 9, 1498, Enshunada Sea, JapanM6.4 · tsunami
• August 2, 1498, Boca DE LA Sierpe, Venezuelatsunami
• September 20, 1498, Nankaido, JapanM7.5 · tsunami
• September 20, 1498, Enshunada Sea, JapanM8.3 · 5,000 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed · tsunami
• 1499, Yi Liang, Yunnan Province, China10,000 deaths

• 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.