July 28, 1883 Earthquake: Casamicciola, Forino, Lacco Ameno, Ischia Is, Italy
An earthquake struck Casamicciola, Forino, Lacco Ameno, Ischia Is, Italy on July 28, 1883 at 20:25 UTC. It killed 2,313 people.
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The earthquake
- Date
- July 28, 1883
- Time
- 20:25 UTC
- Place
- Casamicciola, Forino, Lacco Ameno, Ischia Is, Italy
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 40.700° N, 13.900° E
- Country
- Italy
The toll
- Deaths
- 2,313
- Injuries
- 374
- Damage
- Extreme (about $25 million or more)
- Houses destroyed
- 2,278
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.
1883, July 28, 20:25 UTC, 40.7 N, 13.9 E, intensity IX-XII. A disastrous shock over a smaller part of the island of Ischia, at Casamicciola 2278 houses were partly or completely ruined, also Lacco and Forio were destroyed,
2313 victims, not felt at the village Ischia and over a part of the island, not recorded by penduli of the Vesuvian Observatory. Aftershock: Aug. 3, 13h UT, Casamicciola, Foria, Barano VII? (reference #1099)
1883, July 28, 20:25 [local time], Casamicciola, 40 deg 45 min N, 13 deg 54 min E, intensity IX, aftershocks. (reference #1075)
1883, July 28, Casamicciola (Ischia), Italy, 2,300 deaths. Strictly local destruction, the area of destruction not being more than 3 km wide, suggesting very shallow focus. Probably volcanic earthquake. (reference #1003)
1883, July 28, Ischia, 2,317 deaths. (reference #1051)
1883, July 28, volcanic earthquake at Casamicciola. 80% of the houses of this city collapsed, 2313 died out of 26000 inhabitants. Intensity 10.5 (reference #1093)
1883, July 23 [28]. The towns of Cassamicciola, Forio,
and Lacco Amena, on the Island of Ischia, in the bay
of Naples, almost entirely destroyed; 1,900 lives lost,
and 374 persons injured. (reference #1073)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 5, 1456, Avellino,napoli,abruzzi, Brindisi,benevento, Italy
- January 13, 1915, Marsica, Avezzano, Abruzzi, Italy
- December 16, 1857, Campania, Potenza, Italy
- 1248, Sabaudia, Italy
- July 26, 1805, Molise, Rosolone, Napoli (Naples), Isernia, Italy
- July 30, 1627, Lesina, Italy
- November 23, 1980, Avellino, Potenza, Caserta, Naples, Italy
- September 8, 1694, Calitri, Italy
- December 16, 1631, Naples (Napoli), Italy
- July 17, 1361, Basilicata to Pouilles, Italy
- March 20, 1731, Foggia, Italy
- June 5, 1688, Benevento, Italy
- August 24, 79, Naples (Napoli), Italy
- September 9, 1349, L'Aquila, Abruzzi, Sannio, Italy
- November 29, 1732, Ariano, Lucanie, Avellino, 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 2324.