243 Earthquake: Verona,benaco, Italy
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Verona,benaco, Italy in 243.
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
- 243
- Place
- Verona,benaco, Italy
- Magnitude
- 5.3
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 45.300° N, 11.000° E
- Country
- Italy
The toll
- Damage
- Extreme (about $25 million or more)
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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 25, 1222, Brescia, Italy
- April 14, 1672, Rimini, Italy
- September 7, 1920, Carrara,garfagnana, Italy
- November 17, 1570, Ferrara,bologna,padova,venizia,treviso, Italy
- October 19, 1768, Santa Sofia, Italy
- June 13, 1542, Scarperia, Italy
- February 14, 1834, Borgo Val Di Taro, Italy
- June 29, 1873, Bellunese, Italy
- 778, Treviso, Italy
- May 29, 2012, Medolla, Mirandola, Cavezzo, Emilia Romagna, Italy
- October 9, 1828, Pavia, Italy
- May 20, 2012, Mirandola, Emilia Romagna, Italy
- April 11, 1837, Italy
- September 11, 1976, Northeastern, Italy
- July 15, 1971, Parma, 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 71.