List of earthquakes in France

This is a list of earthquakes in France and its overseas territories which directly impacted the country. Earthquakes are rare in mainland France but do occur. Within mainland France, the east of the country Alsace, Jura, Alps, the South-East Alpes-Maritimes, Provence and the Pyrenees are the most concerned, but the most seismically active French regions are parts of Overseas France (such as New Caledonia, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Wallis and Futuna and Réunion). Buildings there are often vulnerable, and much of the population lives at low elevations close to the coast and is exposed to tsunamis.

Earthquakes

Date	Location	Mag.	MMI	Deaths	Injuries	Damage / notes	Ref
2023-06-16	Western France	4.8 Mw 5.3–5.8 Ml			1	Some buildings damaged	[1]
2022-03-31	New Caledonia	7.0 Mw	IV			Small tsunami	[2]
2022-03-12	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	4.5 Mw	VI			Some buildings damaged	[3]
2021-06-12	Mauritius-Réunion region	6.7 Mw	III			No damage, but significantly large.	[4]
2021-02-10	New Caledonia	7.7 Mw	IV			Tsunami	[5]
2019-11-11	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	4.8 Mw	VI		4	Some houses damaged	[6][7]
2018-12-05	New Caledonia	7.5 Mw	VI			Moderate damage/tsunami	[8]
2018-08-29	New Caledonia	7.1 Mw	V			Small tsunami	[9][10]
2018-06-01	Mayotte	4.7 Mw	V		6	Part of an earthquake swarm	[11][12]
2018-05-15	Mayotte	5.9 Mw	V		3	Part of an earthquake swarm/Largest ever recorded in the area	[13][14]
2017-11-19	New Caledonia	7.0 Mw	VI			Small tsunami	[15]
2017-02-03	Martinique	5.8 Mw	V		1	Some damage	[16][17]
2016-04-28	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	3.9 Mw	IV			Minor damage	[18]
2007-11-29	Martinique	7.4 Mw	VII	6	402	Intermediate depth
2006-11-17	Midi-Pyrénées	4.7 Mw	V			Minor damage	[19]
2004-11-21	Guadeloupe	6.3 Mw	VIII	1	13
1996-07-15	Haute-Savoie	5.3 Mw			1	Chimney damage	[20]
1993-03-12	Wallis and Futuna	6.4 Mw	VII	5	20	Severe damage in Futuna	[21]
1991-02-13	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	3.8 Mw	IV	9		Deaths from avalanche	[22]
1982-01-06	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	4.4 Mw	IV			Minor damage	[23]
1967-08-13	Pyrénées-Atlantiques	5.7 Mw	VI	1	80	Severe damage	[24]
1946-06-25	Valais	6.1 Mw	VIII	1		3 deaths in Switzerland/Severe damage	[25][26]
1909-06-11	Provence	6.0 Mw	X	46	250	Severe damage
1887-02-23	Liguria	6.8–6.9 Mw	IX	600–3,000		Destructive tsunami
1843-02-08	Guadeloupe	8.5 Mw	IX	1,500–5,000
1839-01-11	Martinique	7.5–8.0 Mw	IX	390–4,000	28,975	Extreme damage
1799-01-25	Vendée	6.4–6.5	VIII
1682-05-12	Savoie		VIII
1678-09-02	Bouches-du-Rhône	6.0 Mw				Severe	[27]
1660-06-21	Hautes-Pyrénées	6.2 ML	VIII–IX	30			[28]
1580-04-06	Dover Straits	5.3–5.9 ML		Many
1428-02-02	Catalonia	6.7		Hundreds
1248-11-25	Savoie, Mont Granier			9,000		Deaths caused by landslide.	[29]
1227 February	Provence		X	5,000			[30]
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