May 12, 1802 Earthquake: Soncino, Italy
An earthquake struck Soncino, Italy on May 12, 1802 at 09:30:00 UTC.
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
- May 12, 1802
- Time
- 09:30:00 UTC
- Place
- Soncino, Italy
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 45.500° N, 10.000° E
- Country
- Italy
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 25, 1222, Brescia, Italy
- September 7, 1920, Carrara,garfagnana, Italy
- November 17, 1570, Ferrara,bologna,padova,venizia,treviso, Italy
- June 13, 1542, Scarperia, Italy
- February 14, 1834, Borgo Val Di Taro, Italy
- 778, Treviso, Italy
- May 29, 2012, Medolla, Mirandola, Cavezzo, Emilia Romagna, Italy
- October 9, 1828, Pavia, Italy
- September 18, 1601, Switzerland
- May 20, 2012, Mirandola, Emilia Romagna, Italy
- April 11, 1837, Italy
- July 15, 1971, Parma, Italy
- May 9, 1861, Citta Della Pieve, Italy
- July 25, 1855, Haut-Valais, Switzerland
- November 24, 2004, Brescia, Northern, 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 1556.