February 15, 1644 Earthquake: Corsica,belvedere,roquebilliere, France
An earthquake struck Corsica,belvedere,roquebilliere, France on February 15, 1644. It killed 150 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
- February 15, 1644
- Place
- Corsica,belvedere,roquebilliere, France
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 43.000° N, 8.000° E
- Country
- France
The toll
- Deaths
- 150
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 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
- February 23, 1887, Ligurian Coast, Italy
- February 14, 1834, Borgo Val Di Taro, Italy
- May 26, 1831, Coast of Liguria, Italy
- October 16, 1896, Ligurian Coast, Italy
- June 23, 1494, Lantosque,roquebilliere,nice, France
- June 18, 1618, Duranus,coaraze,roquesperviera,saorge, France
- December 29, 1854, Cagnes, Bar, St Paul, Grasse, Menton, Nice, France
- February 23, 1818, Vence, Grasse, Nice, Liguria, France, Italy
- April 18, 1968, Liguria, Italy
- June 13, 1494, Near S Coast, France
- November 21, 1751, Liguria (Ligurie), Gaule, Italy
- April 5, 1959, St Paul D'Ubaye,jausiers,ceillac,vars, France
- 217 BC, Liguria (Ligurie), Gaule, Italy
- December 12, 1855, Chasteuil,taulanne,castellane,taloire, 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 956.