List of earthquakes in France

This is a List of earthquakes in France which directly impacted the country. Earthquakes in France are rare but they do occur. In mainland France, the east of the country Alsace, Jura, Alps, the South-East Alpes-Maritimes, Provence and the Pyrenees are the most concerned, in the West Indies the probability of earthquakes is high, and buildings are vulnerable, the risk of tsunami was also exists.

Earthquakes
Date Location Mag. MMI Deaths Injuries Damage / notes Ref
2022-03-12 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 4.5 Mw V Some buildings damaged [1]
2019-11-11 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 4.8 Mw VI 4 Some houses damaged [2]
2016-04-28 Nouvelle-Aquitaine 3.9 Mw IV Minor damage [3]
2007-11-29 Martinique 7.4 Mw VII 6 402 Intermediate depth
2006-11-17 Midi-Pyrénées 4.7 Mw V Minor damage [4]
2004-11-21 Guadeloupe 6.3 Mw VIII 1 13
1996-07-15 Haute-Savoie 5.3 Mw 1 Chimney damage [5]
1991-02-13 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 3.8 Mw IV 9 Deaths from avalanche [6]
1982-01-06 Nouvelle-Aquitaine 4.4 Mw IV Minor damage [7]
1967-08-13 Pyrénées-Atlantiques 5.7 Mw VI 1 80 Severe damage [8]
1946-06-25 Valais 6.1 Mw VIII 1 3 deaths in Switzerland/Severe damage [9][10]
1909-06-11 Provence 6.0 Mw X 46 250 Severe damage
1887-02-23 Liguria 6.8–6.9 Mw IX 600–3,000 Destructive tsunami
1843-02-08 Guadeloupe 8.5 Mw IX 1,500–5,000
1839-01-11 Martinique 7.5–8.0 Mw IX 390–4,000 28,975 Extreme damage
1799-01-25 Vendée 6.4–6.5 VIII
1682-05-12 Savoie VIII
1678-09-02 Bouches-du-Rhône 6.0 Mw Severe [11]
1660-06-21 Hautes-Pyrénées 6.2 ML VIII–IX 30 [12]
1580-04-06 Dover Straits 5.3–5.9 ML Many
1428-02-02 Catalonia 6.7 Hundreds
1248-11-25 Savoie, Mont Granier 9,000 Deaths caused by landslide. [13]
1227 February Provence X 5,000 [14]
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

References
  1. "M 4.5 - 3 km S of Faverges, France". United States Geological Survey.
  2. "M 4.8 - 5 km WNW of Rochemaure, France". United States Geological Survey.
  3. "M 3.9 - 6 km WSW of Châtelaillon-Plage, France". United States Geological Survey.
  4. "M 4.7 - 3 km NNE of Pierrefitte-Nestalas, France". United States Geological Survey.
  5. "Annecy tremble: la faute à la faille. Le séisme n'a fait qu'un blessé léger mais de nombreux dégâts".
  6. "M 3.8 - 6 km S of Claviere, Italy". United States Geological Survey.
  7. "M 4.4 - 6 km S of Saint-Palais, France". United States Geological Survey.
  8. "M 5.7 - 1 km W of Arette, France". United States Geological Survey.
  9. "Sierre 1946". seismo.ethz.ch. Swiss Seismological Service. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  10. "M 6.2 - 2 km WNW of Kandersteg, Switzerland". United States Geological Survey.
  11. "Sismotectonique de la faille de la Moyenne Durance".
  12. "Le Reseau de Surveillance Sismique des Pyrénées". rssp.irap.omp.eu. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  13. P. Alexandre, Les séismes en Europe occidentale de 394 à 1259. Nouveau catalogue critique., Publ. Observatoire royal de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1990.
    J. Berlioz, « L'effondrement du Mont-Granier en Savoie (fin 1248) », dans Le Monde alpin et rhodanien, 1987, p. 7-68.
  14. "Tremblements de terre en Provence".
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