May 12, 1943 Earthquake: Central, Italy

Date

May 12, 1943

Time

12:25:00 UTC

Place

Central, Italy

Intensity

12 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

43.100° N, 13.300° E

Country

Italy

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.

• January 14, 1703, Central Apennino, Norcia, L'Aquila, Perugia, Italy40,000 deaths · 39 km
• January 13, 1915, Marsica, Avezzano, Abruzzi, ItalyM7.5 · 29,978 deaths · $60 million · 123 km
• February 2, 1703, L'Aquila (Aquila), ItalyM6.7 · 10,000 deaths · 71 km
• December 1, 1328, Norcia, Italy5,000 deaths · 41 km
• September 9, 1349, L'Aquila, Abruzzi, Sannio, Italy2,000 deaths · 90 km
• December 25, 1352, Sansepolcro, Italy2,000 deaths · 107 km
• April 14, 1672, Rimini, ItalyM5.6 · 1,500 deaths · 109 km
• November 3, 1706, Sulmona to Campobasso, Abruzzi, Italy1,000 deaths · 198 km
• July 23, 1654, Alvito,bellomonte,pontecorvo,sora, Italy600 deaths · 191 km
• September 30, 1789, Citta Di Castello,sansepolcro, Italy500 deaths · 100 km
• April 6, 2009, L'Aquila, ItalyM6.3 · 309 deaths · $2.5 billion · 15,000 houses destroyed · 85 km
• August 24, 2016, Accumoli, Arquata, Amatrice, ItalyM6.2 · 299 deaths · $5 billion · 43 km
• May 12, 1730, Norcia, Italy200 deaths · 41 km
• August 3, 1414, Sansepolcro, Italy200 deaths · 107 km
• October 19, 1768, Santa Sofia, Italy120 deaths · 145 km

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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 3743.