1450 BC Earthquake: Lacus Cimini, Italy
An earthquake struck Lacus Cimini, Italy in 1450 BC.
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
- 1450 BC
- Place
- Lacus Cimini, Italy
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 35.500° N, 25.500° E
- Country
- Italy
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
-1450. Lacus Cimini, in central italy. A city swallowed up, and a lake produced in its place. (reference #521)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- August 8, 1303, Crete, Greece
- February 16, 1810, Iraklion (Candia), Crete, Greece
- October 12, 1856, Crete, Egypt, Greece
- May 29, 1508, Iraklion (Candia),megalokastron, Crete, Greece
- July 9, 1956, Dodecanese, Greece
- September 27, 2021, Crete, Greece
- July 9, 251, Crete, Greece
- 438, Crete, Greece
- 1306, Crete, Greece
- July 1, 1494, Crete, Greece
- 1604, Crete, Greece
- November 8, 1612, Crete, Greece
- 1613, Iraklion (Candia), Crete, Greece
- 1501, Crete, Greece
- March 28, 1846, Crete, Greece
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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 11.