470 Earthquake: Vienne,vivarais,dauphine,velay,forez, France
An earthquake struck Vienne,vivarais,dauphine,velay,forez, France in 470.
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
- 470
- Place
- Vienne,vivarais,dauphine,velay,forez, France
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 44.400° N, 4.300° E
- Country
- France
The toll
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 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
- June 11, 1909, Vernegues,charleval,la Roque D'Antheron, France
- July 19, 1873, Chateauneuf-Du-Rhone,donzere,viviers, France
- November 11, 2019, Le Teil, Saint-Thome, Viviers, France
- June 1772, Clansayes,st Raphael, France
- April 25, 1962, Correncon,chateau-Bernard,le Gua,rencurel, France
- 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
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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 118.