Significant Earthquakes of the 500s
Every significant earthquake NOAA records from 500 to 599.
Map
Every one of the 500s with a location. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
Every earthquake
Oldest first.
- 500, Kazakhstan
- November 502, Pyongyang, North Korea
- June 510, Kyongju, South Korea
- May 21, 512, Yingxian, Shaanxi Province, China
- 518, Skopje, Stamer, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North Macedonia
- 521, Durres,korinthos, Greece
- 522, Syria
- 522, Durres, Albania
- May 29, 525, Antakya (Antioch), Samandag, Turkey
- 527, Greece-Albania
- November 29, 528, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- November 29, 533, Aleppo, Syria
- 543, Cyzicus (Erdek), Turkey
- April 551, Maliakos Gulf, Greece
- July 7, 551, Schisma, Boetia, Greece
- July 9, 551, Bayrut (Beirut), Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon
- July 9, 552, Antakya (Antioch), Halab (Aleppo), Turkey, Syria
- July 9, 553, Bayrut (Beirut), Lebanon
- August 15, 554, Kos, Greece
- August 15, 555, Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey
- 557, Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey
- July 9, 557, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- October 14, 557, Marmara Sea, Turkey
- December 14, 558, Turkey
- December 25, 558, Ancona, Italy
- 565, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- 567, Slovenia, Balkans NW
- 579, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- July 9, 581, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
- September 30, 587, Antakya (Antioch), Turkey
Other centuries
- 2100s BC 1
- 2000s BC 2
- 1600s BC 1
- 1500s BC 1
- 1400s BC 1
- 1300s BC 1
- 1200s BC 1
- 1000s BC 1
- 700s BC 1
- 500s BC 3
- 400s BC 5
- 300s BC 4
- 200s BC 10
- 100s BC 4
- 99 to 1 BC 13
- Years 1 to 99 23
- 100s 18
- 200s 7
- 300s 31
- 400s 20
- 500s 30
- 600s 9
- 700s 29
- 800s 54
- 900s 25
- 1000s 52
- 1100s 50
- 1200s 54
- 1300s 78
- 1400s 92
- 1500s 172
- 1600s 329
- 1700s 410
- 1800s 1,073
- 1900s 2,620
- 2000s 1,472
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.