1227 Earthquake: Lambesc, High Alps,provence, France
An earthquake struck Lambesc, High Alps,provence, France in 1227. It killed 5,000 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
- 1227
- Place
- Lambesc, High Alps,provence, France
- Intensity
- 11 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 43.600° N, 5.300° E
- Country
- France
The toll
- Deaths
- 5,000
- 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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- July 20, 1564, Corsica,la Bollene-Vesubie,venanson, France
- June 11, 1909, Vernegues,charleval,la Roque D'Antheron, France
- February 13, 1991, France
- June 23, 1812, France
- March 23, 1812, Beaumont,pierrevert,sainte Tulle,manosque, France
- August 14, 1708, Manosque, France
- June 9, 1863, Beynes,mezel, France
- December 12, 1855, Chasteuil,taulanne,castellane,taloire, France
- June 1772, Clansayes,st Raphael, France
- July 19, 1873, Chateauneuf-Du-Rhone,donzere,viviers, France
- 470, Vienne,vivarais,dauphine,velay,forez, France
- November 11, 2019, Le Teil, Saint-Thome, Viviers, France
- April 5, 1959, St Paul D'Ubaye,jausiers,ceillac,vars, France
- June 13, 1494, Near S Coast, France
- June 23, 1494, Lantosque,roquebilliere,nice, France
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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 455.