April 25, 1962 Earthquake: Correncon,chateau-Bernard,le Gua,rencurel, France
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Correncon,chateau-Bernard,le Gua,rencurel, France on April 25, 1962.
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
- April 25, 1962
- Place
- Correncon,chateau-Bernard,le Gua,rencurel, France
- Magnitude
- 5.3
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 45.000° N, 5.600° 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
- March 11, 1584, Geneva-Yvoire, Switzerland
- June 11, 1909, Vernegues,charleval,la Roque D'Antheron, France
- February 13, 1991, France
- March 11, 1817, Chamonix Valley, France
- April 2, 1808, Valley of Pellice, Chisone, Italy
- November 11, 2019, Le Teil, Saint-Thome, Viviers, France
- July 19, 1873, Chateauneuf-Du-Rhone,donzere,viviers, France
- June 1772, Clansayes,st Raphael, France
- August 16, 1839, Switzerland
- June 20, 1927, Northern Italy
- June 9, 1863, Beynes,mezel, France
- 470, Vienne,vivarais,dauphine,velay,forez, France
- March 30, 1759, Pinerolo, Italy
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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 4263.