September 8, 1694 Earthquake: Calitri, Italy

Date

September 8, 1694

Time

10:45 UTC

Place

Calitri, Italy

Intensity

10 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

40.700° N, 15.700° E

Country

Italy

Deaths

4,057

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 million)

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.

• December 5, 1456, Avellino,napoli,abruzzi, Brindisi,benevento, Italy30,000 deaths · 107 km
• December 16, 1857, Campania, Potenza, ItalyM6.5 · 10,000 deaths · 51 km
• September 16, 1857, Calabria,montemurro, Italy10,000 deaths · 156 km
• March 27, 1638, Cosenza,martirano, Nicastro, Calabria, ItalyM7 · 9,581 deaths · 192 km
• July 26, 1805, Molise, Rosolone, Napoli (Naples), Isernia, Italy5,600 deaths · 101 km
• July 30, 1627, Lesina, ItalyM6.7 · 5,000 deaths · 119 km
• November 23, 1980, Avellino, Potenza, Caserta, Naples, ItalyM6.9 · 4,689 deaths · $20 billion · 37 km
• July 17, 1361, Basilicata to Pouilles, Italy4,000 deaths · 45 km
• December 16, 1631, Naples (Napoli), Italy4,000 deaths · 108 km
• March 20, 1731, Foggia, ItalyM6.3 · 3,600 deaths · 91 km
• June 5, 1688, Benevento, Italy3,311 deaths · 95 km
• July 28, 1883, Casamicciola, Forino, Lacco Ameno, Ischia Is, Italy2,313 deaths · 2,278 houses destroyed · 152 km
• August 24, 79, Naples (Napoli), Italy2,100 deaths · 108 km
• January 1688, Pisticci, Italy2,000 deaths · 80 km
• November 29, 1732, Ariano, Lucanie, Avellino, Italy1,940 deaths · 63 km

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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 1134.