August 14, 1708 Earthquake: Manosque, France
An earthquake struck Manosque, France on August 14, 1708.
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
- August 14, 1708
- Place
- Manosque, France
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 43.800° N, 5.800° E
- Country
- France
The toll
- 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.
- 1227, Lambesc, High Alps,provence, France
- July 20, 1564, Corsica,la Bollene-Vesubie,venanson, France
- February 23, 1887, Ligurian Coast, Italy
- February 15, 1644, Corsica,belvedere,roquebilliere, France
- June 11, 1909, Vernegues,charleval,la Roque D'Antheron, France
- February 13, 1991, France
- May 26, 1831, Coast of Liguria, Italy
- April 2, 1808, Valley of Pellice, Chisone, Italy
- March 23, 1812, Beaumont,pierrevert,sainte Tulle,manosque, France
- June 9, 1863, Beynes,mezel, France
- December 12, 1855, Chasteuil,taulanne,castellane,taloire, France
- June 23, 1812, France
- April 5, 1959, St Paul D'Ubaye,jausiers,ceillac,vars, France
- June 13, 1494, Near S Coast, France
- June 1772, Clansayes,st Raphael, 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 1179.