August 25, 1613 Earthquake: Naso, Italy
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Naso, Italy on August 25, 1613. It killed 103 people.
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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
- August 25, 1613
- Place
- Naso, Italy
- Magnitude
- 5.6 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 38.117° N, 14.783° E
- Country
- Italy
The toll
- Deaths
- 103
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 200
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.
1613, August 25. Italy, Naso in Messina. Intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which destroyed towns and devastated districts. (reference #1055)
1613, August 25. Naso, Italy, 38o07'N, 14o48'E, intensity X. (reference #1075)
1613, August 25. Naso quake, near the north coast of the province of Messina, intensity 10.5. (reference #1093)
1613, August 25. Strong earthquake with epicenter near Naso (Messina, Sicily), involving the whole eastern coast of Sicily. At Naso more than 200 buildings collapsed and 103 people died. (reference #4139)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 28, 1908, Messina, Sicily, Calabria, Italy
- January 9, 1693, Sicily, Calabria, Catania, Italy
- January 11, 1693, Sicily, Calabria, Italy
- February 5, 1783, Tyrrhenian Calabria, Italy
- February 4, 1169, Siracusa (Syracuse), Calabria, Sicily, Italy
- 1137, Catania, Sicily, Italy
- August 6, 1757, Siracusa (Syracuse), Italy
- March 27, 1638, Cosenza,martirano, Nicastro, Calabria, Italy
- November 5, 1659, Panaija, Soriano, Polia, Italy
- February 6, 1783, Messina Straits, Italy
- 1086, Siracusa (Syracuse), Italy
- January 21, 1065, Catania,messina,milazzo,pale, Sicily, Italy
- September 8, 1905, Monteleone, Tropea, Monte Poro, Italy
- February 12, 1854, Connici,cosenza,pietrafitta,paterno, Italy
- June 19, 1640, Badolato, 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 865.