896 Earthquake: Roma (Rome), Italy

Date

896

Place

Roma (Rome), Italy

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

41.900° N, 12.600° E

Country

Italy

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.

• January 14, 1703, Central Apennino, Norcia, L'Aquila, Perugia, Italy40,000 deaths · 106 km
• January 13, 1915, Marsica, Avezzano, Abruzzi, ItalyM7.5 · 29,978 deaths · $60 million · 75 km
• February 2, 1703, L'Aquila (Aquila), ItalyM6.7 · 10,000 deaths · 80 km
• 1248, Sabaudia, Italy9,000 deaths · 105 km
• July 26, 1805, Molise, Rosolone, Napoli (Naples), Isernia, Italy5,600 deaths · 191 km
• December 1, 1328, Norcia, Italy5,000 deaths · 105 km
• December 16, 1631, Naples (Napoli), Italy4,000 deaths · 194 km
• June 5, 1688, Benevento, Italy3,311 deaths · 196 km
• July 28, 1883, Casamicciola, Forino, Lacco Ameno, Ischia Is, Italy2,313 deaths · 2,278 houses destroyed · 172 km
• August 24, 79, Naples (Napoli), Italy2,100 deaths · 194 km
• September 9, 1349, L'Aquila, Abruzzi, Sannio, Italy2,000 deaths · 87 km
• December 25, 1352, Sansepolcro, Italy2,000 deaths · 183 km
• November 3, 1706, Sulmona to Campobasso, Abruzzi, Italy1,000 deaths · 169 km
• July 23, 1654, Alvito,bellomonte,pontecorvo,sora, Italy600 deaths · 100 km
• September 30, 1789, Citta Di Castello,sansepolcro, Italy500 deaths · 181 km

Significant earthquakes of 896The 800sRecent earthquakes near here

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 271.