July 12, 1873 Earthquake: Sora, Donato, Italy
An earthquake struck Sora, Donato, Italy on July 12, 1873.
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
- July 12, 1873
- Place
- Sora, Donato, Italy
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 41.700° N, 13.700° E
- Country
- Italy
The toll
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 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.
July 12, 1873, 06 UT, 41.7 N, 13.8 E, intensity IX-X. Some houses ruined at Alvito and S. Donato, serious damage at Atina, Sora, Settefrati, Belmonte, etc., felt at Napolis, Caserta, Tivoli. Aftershock(?) on July 21 at "S. Donato several houses were destroyed", felt at Alvito, exchange
of date? (reference #1099)
July 12, 1873, Italy, S. Donato, Pienisco, Sora and many other places in (Caserta) intensity II which corresponds to buildings may be unroofed or shattered and some may fall, the ground may be badly cracked in places and small landslips occur. (reference #1055)
July 12, 1873, Sorano, 41 deg 41 min N, 13 deg 42 min E, intensity VIII. (reference #1075)
July 12, 1873, earthquake at S. Donato and at Sora. intensity 9.5 to 10. (reference #1093)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- January 14, 1703, Central Apennino, Norcia, L'Aquila, Perugia, Italy
- December 5, 1456, Avellino,napoli,abruzzi, Brindisi,benevento, Italy
- January 13, 1915, Marsica, Avezzano, Abruzzi, Italy
- February 2, 1703, L'Aquila (Aquila), Italy
- 1248, Sabaudia, Italy
- July 26, 1805, Molise, Rosolone, Napoli (Naples), Isernia, Italy
- December 1, 1328, Norcia, Italy
- July 30, 1627, Lesina, Italy
- November 23, 1980, Avellino, Potenza, Caserta, Naples, Italy
- December 16, 1631, Naples (Napoli), Italy
- March 20, 1731, Foggia, Italy
- June 5, 1688, Benevento, Italy
- July 28, 1883, Casamicciola, Forino, Lacco Ameno, Ischia Is, Italy
- August 24, 79, Naples (Napoli), Italy
- September 9, 1349, L'Aquila, Abruzzi, Sannio, 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 2212.