June 11, 1909 Earthquake: Vernegues,charleval,la Roque D'Antheron, France
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Vernegues,charleval,la Roque D'Antheron, France on June 11, 1909 at 21:06 UTC. It killed 40 people.
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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
- June 11, 1909
- Time
- 21:06 UTC
- Place
- Vernegues,charleval,la Roque D'Antheron, France
- Magnitude
- 6.2 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 43.700° N, 5.400° E
- Country
- France
The toll
- Deaths
- 40
- 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.
Reference #1002 lists earthquake on June 11, 1909, 21:06 UTC, 43.7 N, 5.4 E, magnitude 6.2, intensity X.
Reference #1002 lists earthquake on June 11, 1909, in Provence. S. France, 40 deaths.
Reference #1159 lists a similar earthquake on May 11, 1909, which is probably describing the same event.
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 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
- August 14, 1708, Manosque, France
- June 23, 1812, France
- June 9, 1863, Beynes,mezel, France
- December 12, 1855, Chasteuil,taulanne,castellane,taloire, France
- June 1772, Clansayes,st Raphael, France
- July 19, 1873, Chateauneuf-Du-Rhone,donzere,viviers, France
- April 5, 1959, St Paul D'Ubaye,jausiers,ceillac,vars, France
- 470, Vienne,vivarais,dauphine,velay,forez, France
- November 11, 2019, Le Teil, Saint-Thome, Viviers, 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 2867.