August 10, 1893 Earthquake: Mattinata, Italy
An earthquake struck Mattinata, Italy on August 10, 1893 at 09:00 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
- August 10, 1893
- Time
- 09:00 UTC
- Place
- Mattinata, Italy
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 41.750° N, 16.000° E
- Country
- Italy
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.
Reference #1055 lists earthquake on August 10, 1893, in Mattinata and the southern shores of the Garganiera, intensity II which
Reference #1093 lists earthquake on August 10, 1893, intensity X-X 1/2 in Mattinata and the area south of Monte Gargano.
Reference #1099 lists earthquake on August 10, 1893, 09h UTC, 41.75 N, 16 E, intensity IX-X. Destructive at Mattinata where houses were partly destroyed, very strong at M.
S. Angelo and Manfredonia.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 5, 1456, Avellino,napoli,abruzzi, Brindisi,benevento, Italy
- December 16, 1857, Campania, Potenza, Italy
- July 26, 1805, Molise, Rosolone, Napoli (Naples), Isernia, Italy
- July 30, 1627, Lesina, Italy
- April 6, 1667, Ragusa, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Balkans NW
- November 23, 1980, Avellino, Potenza, Caserta, Naples, Italy
- September 8, 1694, Calitri, Italy
- July 17, 1361, Basilicata to Pouilles, Italy
- December 16, 1631, Naples (Napoli), Italy
- March 20, 1731, Foggia, Italy
- June 5, 1688, Benevento, Italy
- August 24, 79, Naples (Napoli), Italy
- January 1688, Pisticci, Italy
- November 29, 1732, Ariano, Lucanie, Avellino, Italy
- July 23, 1930, Irpinia, 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 2432.