Significant earthquakes of 1689

December 22, 1689 Earthquake: Augsburg, Innsbruck, Germany, Austria

December 22, 1689 · 19 deaths

An earthquake struck Augsburg, Innsbruck, Germany, Austria on December 22, 1689. It killed 19 people.

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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.

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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.