June 13, 1542 Earthquake: Scarperia, Italy
An earthquake struck Scarperia, Italy on June 13, 1542 at 01:00 UTC. It killed 113 people.
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The earthquake
- Date
- June 13, 1542
- Time
- 01:00 UTC
- Place
- Scarperia, Italy
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 44.070° N, 11.300° E
- Country
- Italy
The toll
- Deaths
- 113
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses damaged
- 1,740
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
June 13, 1542. Very disastrous earthquake in Mugello, region in the North of Florence. The village of Carperia was damaged and other smaller localities. 1740 houses damaged and 113 dead, injuries. (reference #1093)
June 13, 1542, 01 GMT, 44 deg 04 min N, 11 deg 18 min E, Scarperia, intensity X. (reference #1075)
June 13, 1542. italy, Mugello, Florence, Pistoia and other towns in (Tuscany), intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which destroyed towns and devastated districts. (reference #1055)
Reference #9116 notes that this earthquake is often reported together with the spurious event on 12 June 1542 near Istanbul. A misprint in a contemporary flysheet, transformed 'Tuscia' into 'Turcia'.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 25, 1222, Brescia, Italy
- December 1, 1328, Norcia, Italy
- December 25, 1352, Sansepolcro, Italy
- April 14, 1672, Rimini, Italy
- September 7, 1920, Carrara,garfagnana, Italy
- September 30, 1789, Citta Di Castello,sansepolcro, Italy
- August 3, 1414, Sansepolcro, Italy
- May 12, 1730, Norcia, Italy
- November 17, 1570, Ferrara,bologna,padova,venizia,treviso, Italy
- October 19, 1768, Santa Sofia, Italy
- February 14, 1834, Borgo Val Di Taro, Italy
- August 14, 1846, Orciano, Luciana, Italy
- 778, Treviso, Italy
- June 11, 1695, Bagnoregio, Italy
- February 6, 1971, Tuscania, 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 711.