258 Earthquake: Rome, Italy
An earthquake struck Rome, Italy in 258. 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
- 258
- Place
- Rome, Italy
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 41.900° N, 12.450° E
- Country
- Italy
The toll
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 1,001
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
258. Rome, 41o54'N 12o27'E, intensity VIII. (reference #1075)
258. Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy. 42 N, 12.5 E, earthquake intensity VIII, tsunami intensity 4. An earthquake destroyed more than 1,000 houses in Rome and was accompanied by a high rise of water in the sea. (reference #2130)
258. Italy, Rome, intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which destroyed towns and devastated districts. (reference #1055)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- January 14, 1703, Central Apennino, Norcia, L'Aquila, Perugia, Italy
- January 13, 1915, Marsica, Avezzano, Abruzzi, Italy
- February 2, 1703, L'Aquila (Aquila), Italy
- 1248, Sabaudia, Italy
- December 1, 1328, Norcia, Italy
- July 28, 1883, Casamicciola, Forino, Lacco Ameno, Ischia Is, Italy
- September 9, 1349, L'Aquila, Abruzzi, Sannio, Italy
- December 25, 1352, Sansepolcro, Italy
- November 3, 1706, Sulmona to Campobasso, Abruzzi, Italy
- July 23, 1654, Alvito,bellomonte,pontecorvo,sora, Italy
- September 30, 1789, Citta Di Castello,sansepolcro, Italy
- April 6, 2009, L'Aquila, Italy
- August 24, 2016, Accumoli, Arquata, Amatrice, Italy
- May 12, 1730, Norcia, Italy
- August 3, 1414, Sansepolcro, 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 9984.