July 19, 1873 Earthquake: Chateauneuf-Du-Rhone,donzere,viviers, France
An earthquake struck Chateauneuf-Du-Rhone,donzere,viviers, France on July 19, 1873.
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 19, 1873
- Place
- Chateauneuf-Du-Rhone,donzere,viviers, France
- Intensity
- VIII, severe shaking, on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 44.500° N, 4.700° E
- Country
- France
- Region
- Northern and Western Europe
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.
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #1159 Vogt, J., B. Cadiot, J. Delaunay, G. Faury, J. Goguel, B. Massinon, D. Mayer-Rosa, and C. Weber (1979). Les Tremblements de Terre en France, Memoire du Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, no. 96, 1979.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- 1227, Lambesc, High Alps,provence, France
- June 11, 1909, Vernegues,charleval,la Roque D'Antheron, France
- February 13, 1991, France
- November 11, 2019, Le Teil, Saint-Thome, Viviers, France
- June 1772, Clansayes,st Raphael, France
- 470, Vienne,vivarais,dauphine,velay,forez, France
- April 25, 1962, Correncon,chateau-Bernard,le Gua,rencurel, France
- August 14, 1708, Manosque, France
- March 23, 1812, Beaumont,pierrevert,sainte Tulle,manosque, France
- June 9, 1863, Beynes,mezel, France
- June 23, 1812, France
- December 12, 1855, Chasteuil,taulanne,castellane,taloire, France
- April 5, 1959, St Paul D'Ubaye,jausiers,ceillac,vars, France
- June 20, 1927, Northern Italy
- August 16, 1839, Switzerland
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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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 2211.