June 2, 854 Earthquake: Kairouan, Tunis, Tunisia
An earthquake struck Kairouan, Tunis, Tunisia on June 2, 854.
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
- June 2, 854
- Place
- Kairouan, Tunis, Tunisia
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 35.700° N, 10.100° E
- Country
- Tunisia
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.
June 2, 854 - May 21, 855 (AH 240): An earthquake in Tunis which destroyed thirteen villages at Kairouan where the ground sunk. (reference #1098)
854, Tunis, Kainuau. (reference #1222)
854 or 855. Thirteen villages destroyed in Kairouan; subsidence of soil. (reference #1201)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 3, 856, Tunis, Tunisia
- January 1758, Tunis, Constantine, Tunisia
- February 20, 1957, Sidi Abid,sidi Touil (La Medja),cailloux, Tunisia
- 1040, Al-Kairawan, Tunisia
- August 7, 1941, Bou-Saadiah,zaghouan, Tunisia
- February 18, 1962, Gafour,oum-Zid,el Akhouat, Tunisia
- 412, Utique, Tunisia
- 1905, Bizerte, Tunisia
More
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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 222.