Significant Earthquakes in France
Every significant earthquake NOAA records in France, with its toll.
Map
Every significant earthquake in France with a location. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The record
- Earthquakes
- 43
- Deaths counted
- 5,853
- Earliest
- 470
The deadliest
Every earthquake
Newest first.
- June 16, 2023, La Laigne, Charente-Maritime, France
- November 11, 2019, Le Teil, Saint-Thome, Viviers, France
- November 17, 2006, Pyrenees, France
- August 24, 2006, France
- February 22, 2003, Edigen, Baccarat, Colmar, Thann, Germany, France
- September 30, 2002, Hennebont, Languidic, Lorient, Tremorel, France
- February 13, 1991, France
- September 7, 1972, Laboirie, Arceau, Saint-Pierre D'Oleron, France
- August 13, 1967, Arette,lanne,montory,aramits,haux,sunhar, France
- April 25, 1962, Correncon,chateau-Bernard,le Gua,rencurel, France
- April 5, 1959, St Paul D'Ubaye,jausiers,ceillac,vars, France
- February 7, 1928, Cauro,coti-Chiavari, France
- July 24, 1911, Nay,benejacq,aramits,arros,gan,bosdarros, France
- June 11, 1909, Vernegues,charleval,la Roque D'Antheron, France
- July 19, 1873, Chateauneuf-Du-Rhone,donzere,viviers, France
- June 9, 1863, Beynes,mezel, France
- December 12, 1855, Chasteuil,taulanne,castellane,taloire, France
- December 29, 1854, Cagnes, Bar, St Paul, Grasse, Menton, Nice, France
- July 20, 1854, Bagneres, Gripp, Lourdes, Arges, France
- March 11, 1817, Chamonix Valley, France
- May 22, 1814, Gan,oloron,louvie-Juzon,benejacq,tarbes, France
- June 23, 1812, France
- March 23, 1812, Beaumont,pierrevert,sainte Tulle,manosque, France
- January 25, 1799, Machecoul,bouin,st Gilles,nantes, France
- June 1772, Clansayes,st Raphael, France
- May 24, 1750, Tarbes, Lourdes, France
- October 6, 1711, Moncontour,loudun, France
- August 14, 1708, Manosque, France
- May 12, 1682, Remiremont,fougerolles,faucogney, France
- June 21, 1660, Bagneres DE Bigorre,lourdes,bordeaux, France
- February 15, 1657, Sainte Maure, France
- February 15, 1644, Corsica,belvedere,roquebilliere, France
- June 18, 1618, Duranus,coaraze,roquesperviera,saorge, France
- April 8, 1593, Chinon, France
- July 20, 1564, Corsica,la Bollene-Vesubie,venanson, France
- June 23, 1494, Lantosque,roquebilliere,nice, France
- June 13, 1494, Near S Coast, France
- November 25, 1289, Strasbourg, France
- 1286, Vannes, France
- 1227, Lambesc, High Alps,provence, France
- 1003, Burgundy, France
- 854, Cambrai,tournai,mayence, France
- 470, Vienne,vivarais,dauphine,velay,forez, France
By country
- Afghanistan72
- Albania56
- Algeria58
- Antarctica7
- Antigua and Barbuda3
- Argentina39
- Armenia13
- Atlantic Ocean7
- Australia34
- Austria8
- Azerbaijan17
- Azores28
- Bangladesh19
- Barbados1
- Belgium1
- Bering Sea1
- Bhutan5
- Bolivia19
- Bosnia and Herzegovina11
- Brazil13
- British Virgin Islands1
- Bulgaria18
- Burundi1
- Cameroon2
- Canada22
- Canary Islands2
- Central African Republic1
- Chile200
- China626
- Colombia83
- Comoros1
- Congo7
- Costa Rica37
- Cote d'Ivoire2
- Croatia53
- Cuba15
- Cyprus10
- Czech Republic1
- Djibouti2
- Dominica1
- Dominican Republic19
- Ecuador70
- Egypt17
- El Salvador42
- Eritrea6
- Ethiopia11
- Fiji20
- France43
- French Guiana2
- French Polynesia1
- Gabon1
- Georgia15
- Germany9
- Ghana6
- Greece296
- Greenland1
- Grenada1
- Guadeloupe9
- Guatemala47
- Guinea1
- Haiti21
- Honduras15
- Hungary5
- Iceland17
- India102
- Indian Ocean3
- Indonesia427
- Iran388
- Iraq24
- Ireland1
- Israel24
- Italy338
- Jamaica19
- Japan429
- Jordan5
- Kazakhstan9
- Kenya3
- Kermadec Islands23
- Kiribati1
- Kyrgyzstan15
- Laos2
- Lebanon14
- Libya2
- Madagascar1
- Malawi4
- Malaysia3
- Martinique10
- Mexico217
- Micronesia5
- Mongolia7
- Montenegro10
- Montserrat1
- Morocco21
- Mozambique3
- Myanmar43
- Nepal21
- Netherlands4
- New Caledonia28
- New Zealand72
- Nicaragua40
- North Korea6
- North Macedonia13
- Norway2
- Oman2
- Pacific Ocean2
- Pakistan55
- Palau1
- Panama23
- Papua New Guinea107
- Peru195
- Philippines233
- Poland8
- Portugal29
- Romania15
- Russia159
- Rwanda5
- Saint Lucia2
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
- Samoa8
- Saudi Arabia3
- Senegal1
- Serbia15
- Sierra Leone1
- Slovakia3
- Slovenia22
- Solomon Islands63
- Solomon Sea2
- South Africa14
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands7
- South Korea22
- South Sudan4
- Spain35
- Sri Lanka1
- Sudan1
- Switzerland31
- Syria34
- Taiwan103
- Tajikistan29
- Tanzania8
- Tasman Sea1
- Thailand4
- Togo2
- Tonga26
- Trinidad and Tobago8
- Tunisia9
- Turkey360
- Turkmenistan12
- Uganda4
- UK Territories2
- Ukraine12
- United Kingdom15
- United States283
- Uruguay2
- US Territories39
- Uzbekistan14
- Vanuatu65
- Venezuela65
- Vietnam6
- Wallis and Futuna1
- Yemen10
- Zambia1
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.