January 1758 Earthquake: Tunis, Constantine, Tunisia
An earthquake struck Tunis, Constantine, Tunisia in January 1758. It killed 3,000 people.
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
- January 1758
- Place
- Tunis, Constantine, Tunisia
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.800° N, 10.200° E
- Country
- Tunisia
The toll
- Deaths
- 3,000
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Many (101 to 1,000)
- Houses damaged
- Many (101 to 1,000)
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.
January 1758, Algeria, Constantine. Tunisia, W, 3000 deaths. (reference #1051)
January 1758, At Tunis, a great number of houses were destroyed; several thousands of died under the ruins, damage at Constantine. (reference #1201)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 3, 856, Tunis, Tunisia
- February 20, 1957, Sidi Abid,sidi Touil (La Medja),cailloux, Tunisia
- August 6, 1947, Algeria
- 412, Utique, Tunisia
- 1905, Bizerte, Tunisia
- August 7, 1941, Bou-Saadiah,zaghouan, Tunisia
- June 2, 854, Kairouan, Tunis, Tunisia
- 1040, Al-Kairawan, Tunisia
- February 18, 1962, Gafour,oum-Zid,el Akhouat, Tunisia
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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 1353.