January 17, 1871 Earthquake: Ligurian Coast, Italy

Name: January 17, 1871 Earthquake: Ligurian Coast, Italy
Start: 1871-01-17
Location: Ligurian Coast, Italy

January 17, 1871

An earthquake struck Ligurian Coast, Italy on January 17, 1871. It caused a tsunami.

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 17, 1871
Place: Ligurian Coast, Italy
Tsunami: Yes: the tsunami it caused
Country: Italy
Region: Southern Europe

The toll

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

A terrible underground earthquake occurred in San Remo. 6 of the 8 anchired ships sank, 2 were compelled to flee. (reference #2130)

Sources NCEI cites

The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.

#2130 Soloviev, Sergey L., Olga N. Solovieva, Chan N. Go, Khen S. Kim, and Nikolay A. Shchetnikov (2000). Tsunamis in the Mediterranean Sea 2000 B.C.-2000 A.D., Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, Volume 13, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 237 p.

Significant earthquakes of 1871 The 1800s This day in weather history

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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 7791.