December 22, 1689 Earthquake: Augsburg, Innsbruck, Germany, Austria
An earthquake struck Augsburg, Innsbruck, Germany, Austria on December 22, 1689. It killed 19 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
- December 22, 1689
- Place
- Augsburg, Innsbruck, Germany, Austria
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 47.700° N, 10.900° E
- Country
- Austria
The toll
- Deaths
- 19
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.
- June 10, 1510, Nordlingen, Bavaria, Germany
- July 17, 1670, Innsbruck, Schwaz, Austria
- July 25, 1622, Switzerland
- August 3, 1622, Switzerland
- December 20, 1720, Switzerland
- March 1504, Switzerland
- April 5, 1295, Switzerland
- September 4, 1295, Switzerland
- 1769, Switzerland
- March 22, 2003, Albstadt, Germany
- September 3, 1978, Germany
- June 5, 1856, Pieve Santo Stefano, Italy
- September 10, 1774, Switzerland
- August 25, 1618, Switzerland
- May 14, 1801, 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 1118.