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Earthquakes in France
Every earthquake in and around France since 1900: how often it shakes, the strongest on record and the latest quakes. Offshore quakes within 300 km of its towns count too.
Past 30 days0M2.5+
Past year1M2.5+
Magnitude 6+0since 1900
StrongestM 5.71972 · 5 km WSW of Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, France
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Before the 1970s fewer stations were recording, so early years undercount the smaller quakes.
The strongest earthquakes in France
- 5.7 5 km WSW of Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, France Sep 7, 1972
- 5.6 1 km SW of Éguilles, France Jun 11, 1909
- 5.5 9 km ESE of Louvie-Juzon, France Feb 22, 1924
- 5.4 5 km E of Guillestre, France Mar 19, 1935
- 5.4 1 km NE of Méounes-lès-Montrieux, France Aug 11, 1918
- 5.3 2 km NNW of Saint-Yvi, France Jan 2, 1959
- 5.3 7 km NNW of Buxières-les-Mines, France Jan 16, 1985
- 5.3 6 km NW of Mauléon-Licharre, France Feb 17, 1978
- 5.3 7 km N of Guillestre, France Jul 18, 1938
- 5.2 1 km SSW of Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, France Apr 18, 2005
Last 24 months
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The latest
- 3.6 4 km SSW of Les Houches, France Jan 12, 2026
- 3.3 8 km W of Chapareillan, France May 6, 2025
- 2.5 1 km WSW of Cantaron, France Mar 20, 2025
- 3.1 1 km ESE of Tourrette-Levens, France Mar 18, 2025
- 4.1 62 km SE of Ramatuelle, France Sep 14, 2024
- 3.9 2 km WSW of Marans, France Jun 17, 2023
- 4.8 5 km WNW of Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon, France Jun 16, 2023
- 4.0 11 km SSW of La Barthe-de-Neste, France Apr 17, 2023
- 4.4 1 km NW of Pont-de-Roide, France Mar 22, 2023
- 3.3 10 km NE of Sallanches, France Sep 25, 2022
- 3.9 1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France Sep 10, 2022
- 4.2 5 km SW of Villebret, France May 9, 2022
- 4.5 3 km S of Faverges, France Mar 12, 2022
- 4.1 2 km WSW of Blamont, France Dec 24, 2021
- 4.1 2 km SE of Hœrdt, France Jun 26, 2021