April 30, 793 Earthquake: Verona, Italy
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Verona, Italy on April 30, 793.
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
- April 30, 793
- Place
- Verona, Italy
- Magnitude
- 6
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 45.500° N, 11.000° E
- Country
- Italy
The toll
- Deaths
- Many (about 101 to 1,000)
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
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.
Reference #1158 lists destruction and deaths in Verona and surroundings, but notes that some some authors indicate the date would instead be 30 April 801
Reference #1075, #1055, #13406 list year 793 impacting Verona. These three references also list a separate earthquake on 801 April 30.
Reference #3470 lists 30 April 792 or 793. Mentions that a tsunami associated with 792 by some authors, while others only mention an earthquake in 793
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 25, 1222, Brescia, Italy
- August 8, 1511, Cividale del Fruili, 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
- September 15, 1976, Northeastern, Italy
- May 20, 2012, Mirandola, Emilia Romagna, Italy
- April 11, 1837, Italy
- September 11, 1976, Northeastern, 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 192.