December 4, 1690 Earthquake: Carinthie, Austria
An earthquake struck Carinthie, Austria on December 4, 1690. It killed 20 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 4, 1690
- Place
- Carinthie, Austria
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 46.600° N, 13.800° E
- Country
- Austria
The toll
- Deaths
- 20
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Many (101 to 1,000)
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Reference #1093 states that in Carinthia: very disastrous earthquake, ruin of several localities. In Villach, among others, almost all the houses collapsed, as well as the parish church and two convents: 20 dead. Damage in Carniola, notably in Ljubljana, then in Styria and Lower Austria. In Vienna: damage to the Stefanturm
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
- May 6, 1976, NW, Slovenia, NE, Balkans NW, Italy
- June 29, 1873, Bellunese, Italy
- 778, Treviso, Italy
- March 26, 1511, Idrija,skofja Loka, Slovenia, Balkans NW
- September 15, 1976, Northeastern, Italy
- April 14, 1895, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Balkans NW
- September 11, 1976, Northeastern, Italy
- July 12, 2004, Bovec, Kobarid, Slovenia
- April 12, 1998, Bovec, Kobarid, Arnoldstein, Slovenia, Austria
- May 9, 1861, Citta Della Pieve, Italy
- March 22, 2020, Zagreb, Croatia, Balkans NW
- September 14, 1509, Bled,slatna,begunje, Slovenia, Balkans NW
- January 24, 1556, Probably Karnten, Austria
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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 1121.