January 15, 1914 Earthquake: Ligurian Coast, Italy
An earthquake struck Ligurian Coast, Italy on January 15, 1914 at 04:28 UTC. 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 15, 1914
- Time
- 04:28 UTC
- Place
- Ligurian Coast, Italy
- Intensity
- VI, strong shaking, on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 43.500° N, 10.200° 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.
1914, January 15, 04h28m. Ligurian Sea, Italy. Several repetitive underground shocks occurred in Livorno: the fourth one was accompanied by a strong boom and by a roughness
of the sea with a surf at the curved pier of the port. (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.
- December 25, 1352, Sansepolcro, Italy
- April 14, 1672, Rimini, Italy
- September 7, 1920, Carrara,garfagnana, Italy
- February 23, 1887, Ligurian Coast, Italy
- September 30, 1789, Citta Di Castello,sansepolcro, Italy
- August 3, 1414, Sansepolcro, Italy
- February 15, 1644, Corsica,belvedere,roquebilliere, France
- October 19, 1768, Santa Sofia, Italy
- June 13, 1542, Scarperia, Italy
- February 14, 1834, Borgo Val Di Taro, Italy
- August 14, 1846, Orciano, Luciana, Italy
- June 11, 1695, Bagnoregio, Italy
- February 6, 1971, Tuscania, Italy
- May 29, 2012, Medolla, Mirandola, Cavezzo, Emilia Romagna, Italy
- October 9, 1828, Pavia, 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 7785.