April 30, 801 Earthquake: Roma (Rome), Italy
An earthquake struck Roma (Rome), Italy on April 30, 801 at 01:00 UTC.
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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, 801
- Time
- 01:00 UTC
- Place
- Roma (Rome), Italy
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 41.900° N, 12.600° E
- Country
- Italy
The toll
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Many (101 to 1,000)
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 #521 lists 801 April 25 or 30. Many buildings in Italy thrown down. Amongst others the basilica of St. Paul at Rome. It does not seem certain that the shocks happened on the same day or even month in Italy as in Germany, France
Reference #1158 lists destruction and deaths in 793 in Verona and surroundings, but notes that some some authors indicate the date would instead be 30 April 801.
Reference #1075 lists Spoleto, Italy, 42.7N 12.7E, intensity 10.
Reference #13406. 801 April 30. Shocks at 2 am over almost all of Italy damaged innumerable buildings and buried thousands. Roof of the Basilica of St. Paul in Rome fell in. Note: only mention of deaths is in this reference
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
- July 26, 1805, Molise, Rosolone, Napoli (Naples), Isernia, Italy
- December 1, 1328, Norcia, Italy
- December 16, 1631, Naples (Napoli), Italy
- June 5, 1688, Benevento, Italy
- July 28, 1883, Casamicciola, Forino, Lacco Ameno, Ischia Is, Italy
- August 24, 79, Naples (Napoli), 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
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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 196.