October 16, 1896 Earthquake: Ligurian Coast, Italy
An earthquake struck Ligurian Coast, Italy on October 16, 1896 at 06:15 UTC. It caused a tsunami.
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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
- October 16, 1896
- Time
- 06:15 UTC
- Place
- Ligurian Coast, Italy
- Intensity
- VII, very strong shaking, on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 43.700° N, 8.100° E
- 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.
1896, October 16. Ligurian Sea, Italy. A very strong earthquake occurred in San Remo and Oneglia. Ships in the port of Savons felt a blow. The focus of the shock was possibly located in the sea between San Remo and Oneglia. The sea became rough twice in San Remo. (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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- September 7, 1920, Carrara,garfagnana, Italy
- July 20, 1564, Corsica,la Bollene-Vesubie,venanson, France
- February 23, 1887, Ligurian Coast, Italy
- February 15, 1644, Corsica,belvedere,roquebilliere, France
- February 14, 1834, Borgo Val Di Taro, Italy
- October 9, 1828, Pavia, Italy
- February 13, 1991, France
- May 26, 1831, Coast of Liguria, Italy
- April 2, 1808, Valley of Pellice, Chisone, Italy
- December 29, 1854, Cagnes, Bar, St Paul, Grasse, Menton, Nice, France
- February 23, 1818, Vence, Grasse, Nice, Liguria, France, Italy
- April 18, 1968, Liguria, Italy
- June 18, 1618, Duranus,coaraze,roquesperviera,saorge, France
- November 21, 1751, Liguria (Ligurie), Gaule, Italy
- 217 BC, Liguria (Ligurie), Gaule, 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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 7782.