July 20, 1854 Earthquake: Bagneres, Gripp, Lourdes, Arges, France
An earthquake struck Bagneres, Gripp, Lourdes, Arges, France on July 20, 1854 at 01:45 UTC.
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
- July 20, 1854
- Time
- 01:45 UTC
- Place
- Bagneres, Gripp, Lourdes, Arges, France
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 43.000° N, 0.100° W
- 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
July 20, 1854, 02h45m, 43 N, 0.1 W, intensity VII-IX. A severe shock in the Pyrenees, 100 houses fissured at Bagneres and Gripp, the church at Lourdes and many other churches injured, particularly at Saint-Savin, houses damaged at Argdes, in Spain felt at San Sebastian, Vich and Navarra.
(reference #1099)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- February 2, 1428, Olot, Prats DE Mollo, Spain, France
- March 18, 1817, La Rioja, Spain
- November 17, 2006, Pyrenees, France
- June 21, 1660, Bagneres DE Bigorre,lourdes,bordeaux, France
- July 24, 1911, Nay,benejacq,aramits,arros,gan,bosdarros, France
- August 13, 1967, Arette,lanne,montory,aramits,haux,sunhar, France
- May 22, 1814, Gan,oloron,louvie-Juzon,benejacq,tarbes, France
- May 24, 1750, Tarbes, Lourdes, 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 1962.