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Natural Disasters in France

49 significant events

Significant natural disasters recorded within France, sorted by magnitude and impact. Location is determined from coordinates against modern national borders; each event has its own page with date, source and nearby events.

  1. 1.1843 CEEarthquake — 1843 Grand-Terre, Guadeloupe Earthquake (Mw 8.5)
  2. 2.1817 CEEarthquake — France, Chamonix Valley (M 8)· 4 deaths
  3. 3.1906 CEEarthquake — Martinique (Ms 7.9)
  4. 4.1839 CEEarthquake — Martinique, Fort-De-France, St Pierre, Castries (M 7.8)· 390 deaths
  5. 5.2007 CEEarthquake — Martinique (Mw 7.4)· 1 deaths
  6. 6.2007 CEEarthquake — 18 km WNW of Basse-Pointe, Martinique (Mwb 7.4)
  7. 7.1885 CEEarthquake — Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana (Mw 6.9)
  8. 8.1356 CEEarthquake — Switzerland (Mw 6.6)
  9. 9.1356 CEEarthquake — Basel (Mw 6.58)
  10. 10.1660 CEEarthquake — France (Mw 6.5)
  11. 11.1428 CEEarthquake — Spain (Mw 6.5)
  12. 12.2004 CEEarthquake — Guadeloupe, Basse-Terre, Les Saintes (Mw 6.3)· 1 deaths
  13. 13.2004 CEEarthquake — 20 km SSW of Petites Anses, Guadeloupe (Mwb 6.3)
  14. 14.1799 CEEarthquake — France (Mw 6.3)
  15. 15.1682 CEEarthquake — France (Mw 6.3)
  16. 16.1909 CEEarthquake — France, Vernegues, Charleval, La Roque D'antheron (Ms 6.2)· 40 deaths
  17. 17.1373 CEEarthquake — Spain (Mw 6.2)
  18. 18.1660 CEEarthquake — Bigorre (Bagneres-De-Bigorre) (Mw 6.13)
  19. 19.1750 CEEarthquake — France (Mw 6.1)
  20. 20.1644 CEEarthquake — France (Mw 6.1)
  21. 21.1490 CEEarthquake — France (Mw 6.1)
  22. 22.1428 CEEarthquake — Camprodon (Mw 6.04)
  23. 23.1923 CEEarthquake — Spain (Mw 6.02)
  24. 24.1982 CEEarthquake — 30 km NNE of Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe (mb 6)
  25. 25.1579 CEEarthquake — France (Mw 6)
  26. 26.1584 CEEarthquake — Switzerland, Geneva-Yvoire (Mw 5.9)· 100 deaths
  27. 27.1564 CEEarthquake — France, Corsica, La Bollene-Vesubie, Venanson (Ms 5.8)· 650 deaths
  28. 28.1902 CEVolcanic Eruption — Pelee, Martinique (VEI 4)· 28,000 deaths
  29. 29.1902 CEVolcanic Eruption — Pelee, Martinique (VEI 4)· 1,500 deaths
  30. 30.1902 CEVolcanic Eruption — Pelee, Martinique (VEI 4)· 23 deaths
  31. 31.1902 CEVolcanic Eruption — Pelee, Martinique (VEI 4)
  32. 32.1902 CEVolcanic Eruption — Pelee, Martinique (VEI 4)
  33. 33.1902 CEVolcanic Eruption — Pelee, Martinique (VEI 4)
  34. 34.1902 CETsunami — Mount Pelee· 28,000 deaths
  35. 35.1227 CEEarthquake — France, Lambesc, High Alps, Provence· 5,000 deaths
  36. 36.1902 CETsunami — Mount Pelee· 1,500 deaths
  37. 37.1428 CEEarthquake — France, Prats De Mollo, Spain: Olot· 800 deaths
  38. 38.1564 CETsunami — Liguria-Cote D'azur· 650 deaths
  39. 39.1875 CEFlood — Lot-et-Garonne, Haute-Garonne, Aude· 500 deaths
  40. 40.1839 CETsunami — Martinique· 390 deaths
  41. 41.1356 CEEarthquake — Switzerland, Basel· 300 deaths
  42. 42.1930 CEFlood — Dordogne, Gironde, Lot-et-Garonne, Aveyron, Haute-Garonne, Lot, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Corrèze, Aude, Hérault, Pyrénées-Orientales· 230 deaths
  43. 43.1892 CEFlood — Ain· 175 deaths
  44. 44.1875 CEFlood — Aude, Hérault· 139 deaths
  45. 45.1584 CETsunami — Switzerland· 100 deaths
  46. 46.1996 CEFlood — Spain· 85 deaths
  47. 47.1897 CEFlood — Haute-Garonne, Gers, Hautes-Pyrénées· 67 deaths
  48. 48.1890 CEFlood — Ardèche, Gard· 65 deaths
  49. 49.1940 CEFlood — Aude, Pyrénées-Orientales· 57 deaths

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