May 22, 1814 Earthquake: Gan,oloron,louvie-Juzon,benejacq,tarbes, France
An earthquake struck Gan,oloron,louvie-Juzon,benejacq,tarbes, France on May 22, 1814.
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
- May 22, 1814
- Place
- Gan,oloron,louvie-Juzon,benejacq,tarbes, France
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 43.200° N, 0.400° 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.
- February 2, 1428, Olot, Prats DE Mollo, Spain, France
- July 24, 1911, Nay,benejacq,aramits,arros,gan,bosdarros, France
- June 21, 1660, Bagneres DE Bigorre,lourdes,bordeaux, France
- May 24, 1750, Tarbes, Lourdes, France
- November 17, 2006, Pyrenees, France
- July 20, 1854, Bagneres, Gripp, Lourdes, Arges, France
- August 13, 1967, Arette,lanne,montory,aramits,haux,sunhar, France
- February 2, 1374, Ribagorza, Spain
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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 1614.