August 13, 1967 Earthquake: Arette,lanne,montory,aramits,haux,sunhar, France
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Arette,lanne,montory,aramits,haux,sunhar, France on August 13, 1967 at 22:07:47 UTC, 15 km below the surface.
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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
- August 13, 1967
- Time
- 22:07:47 UTC
- Place
- Arette,lanne,montory,aramits,haux,sunhar, France
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 15 km (9 mi)
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 43.200° N, 0.500° W
- Country
- France
The toll
- Deaths
- 1; Few (about 1 to 50) with its tsunami and other effects
- Injuries
- 80
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Many (101 to 1,000)
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.
On Aug 13, 1967, at 22:07:47.5 UTC, an earthquake in the Pyrenees at 43.2 N, 0.5 W, destroyed numerous buildings in Arette, Oloron, and Montory; killed one person and injured 80. The shock was strongly felt in northern Spain. (reference #45)
Reference # 1159 lists an earthquake on Aug 3 [13], 1967, at 43.1 N, 0.75 W, intensity VIII, that caused one death and 15 injuries.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- March 18, 1817, La Rioja, Spain
- July 20, 1854, Bagneres, Gripp, Lourdes, Arges, France
- November 17, 2006, Pyrenees, France
- July 24, 1911, Nay,benejacq,aramits,arros,gan,bosdarros, France
- June 21, 1660, Bagneres DE Bigorre,lourdes,bordeaux, 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 4414.