811 Earthquake: St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
An earthquake struck St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom in 811. It killed 1,400 people.
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
- 811
- Place
- St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 56.300° N, 2.800° W
- Country
- United Kingdom
The toll
- Deaths
- 1,400
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Many (101 to 1,000)
- Houses damaged
- 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.
811, Scotland, st. Andrews, destroyed town and 1,400 people, intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which destroyed towns and devastated districts.
(reference #1055)
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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 199.