March 5, 1823 Earthquake: Naso, Sicily, Italy
An earthquake struck Naso, Sicily, Italy on March 5, 1823 at 16:37 UTC.
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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
- March 5, 1823
- Time
- 16:37 UTC
- Place
- Naso, Sicily, Italy
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 38.100° N, 14.700° E
- Country
- Italy
The toll
- Deaths
- 22
- 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
March 5, 1823, 16:37 UTC, Naso, 38 deg 07 min N, 14 deg 43 min E, intensity X, there were aftershocks. (reference #1075)
March 5, 1823, disastrous earthquake in Naso, 22 deaths, intensity X. (reference #1093)
April [probably March] 5, 6, 10, 1823, 37.8 N, 14.8 E, intensity VII. At Nicosia (Sicily) several shocks damaged houses seriously. (reference #1099)
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 1675.