July 17, 1670 Earthquake: Innsbruck, Schwaz, Austria
An earthquake struck Innsbruck, Schwaz, Austria on July 17, 1670.
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
- July 17, 1670
- Place
- Innsbruck, Schwaz, Austria
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 47.200° N, 11.400° E
- Country
- Austria
The toll
- 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.
- January 25, 1348, Celovac, Veneto, Slovenia, Villach, Italy, Austria
- August 8, 1511, Cividale del Fruili, Italy
- June 10, 1510, Nordlingen, Bavaria, Germany
- May 6, 1976, NW, Slovenia, NE, Balkans NW, Italy
- June 29, 1873, Bellunese, Italy
- December 4, 1690, Carinthie, Austria
- December 22, 1689, Augsburg, Innsbruck, Germany, Austria
- March 26, 1511, Idrija,skofja Loka, Slovenia, Balkans NW
- September 15, 1976, Northeastern, Italy
- September 11, 1976, Northeastern, Italy
- May 9, 1861, Citta Della Pieve, Italy
- July 12, 2004, Bovec, Kobarid, Slovenia
- July 25, 1622, Switzerland
- August 3, 1622, Switzerland
- March 1504, Switzerland
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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 1059.