September 15, 1590 Earthquake: Kamp River, Austria

Name: September 15, 1590 Earthquake: Kamp River, Austria
Start: 1590-09-15
Location: Kamp River, Austria

September 15, 1590 · M6.6 · Deaths: many

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Kamp River, Austria on September 15, 1590.

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: September 15, 1590
Place: Kamp River, Austria
Magnitude: 6.6
Intensity: 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 48.300° N, 15.500° E
Country: Austria

The toll

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.

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

February 1, 2024, Lower AustriaM4 · 77 km

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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 801.