June 10, 1510 Earthquake: Nordlingen, Bavaria, Germany
An earthquake struck Nordlingen, Bavaria, Germany on June 10, 1510. It killed 2,000 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
- June 10, 1510
- Place
- Nordlingen, Bavaria, Germany
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 48.800° N, 10.500° E
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Northern and Western Europe
The toll
- Deaths
- 2,000
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.
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #1055 Milne, John (1911). Catalogue of Destructive Earthquakes [7 to 1899 A.D.], Report of the 81st Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Portsmouth, London, United Kingdom, p. 649-740.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 22, 1689, Augsburg, Innsbruck, Germany, Austria
- September 3, 1978, Germany
- March 22, 2003, Albstadt, Germany
- December 20, 1720, Switzerland
- May 17, 2014, Hesse, Germany
- July 17, 1670, Innsbruck, Schwaz, Austria
- December 5, 2004, Emmendingen, Freiburg Im Breisgau, Germany
- November 25, 1289, Strasbourg, 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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 674.