1909 Provence earthquake

UTC time| 1909-06-11 21:06:00
ISC event| 610326346
USGS-ANSS| ComCat
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11 June 1909 (1909-06-11)
Local time| 21:15
Magnitude| 6.2 Ms[1]
6.0 Mw[2]
5.5 M`I`[3]
Epicenter| 43°42′N 5°24′E﻿ / ﻿43.7°N 5.4°E﻿ / 43.7; 5.4[1]
Areas affected| France, Provence
Max. intensity| MMI X (Extreme)
Casualties| 46 dead
Vernègues after the earthquake Street in Salon-de-Provence after the earthquake

The 1909 Provence earthquake occurred on June 11 in Provence. Measuring 6.2 on the surface-wave magnitude scale, it is the largest ever recorded earthquake in metropolitan France.[4]

## Description

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A total of 46 people died, another 250 were injured, and approximately 2,000 buildings were damaged.

The most damaged communes were Salon-de-Provence, Vernègues, Lambesc, Saint-Cannat and Rognes.

Fourteen people died in Rognes,[5] which was half destroyed, especially the houses on the flanks of the hill Le Foussa. People were relocated under tents on another hill (Le Devin) and near the primary school. The main shock occurred at 9:15pm. If the earthquake had happened an hour later, more people would have been in bed, and more casualties would have been recorded.[6]

The Vernègues castle and most of the houses in Vernègues were destroyed. Two people died in the village, which was later rebuilt at a lower altitude.

## See also

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* List of earthquakes in 1909
* List of earthquakes in France
* 1909 Benavente earthquake

## References

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1. ^ a b NGDC. "Comments for the Significant Earthquake". Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
2. ^ Baroux, Emmanuel; Pino, Nicola Alessandro; Valensise, Gianluca; Scotti, Oona; Cushing, Marc E. (2003), "Source parameters of the 11 June 1909, Lambesc (Provence, southeastern France) earthquake: A reappraisal based on macroseismic, seismological, and geodetic observations", Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 108 (B9): 2454, Bibcode:2003JGRB..108.2454B, doi:10.1029/2002JB002348
3. ^ Bakun, William H.; Scotti, Oona (2006), "Regional intensity attenuation models for France and the estimation of magnitude and location of historical earthquakes", Geophysical Journal International, 164 (3): 596–610, Bibcode:2006GeoJI.164..596B, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02808.x
4. ^ Dominique Chardon and Olivier Bellier, "Geological boundary conditions of the 1909 Lambesc (Provence, France) earthquake : structure and evolution of the Trévaresse ridge anticline" Archived 2017-08-16 at the Wayback Machine, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 2003, t. 174, no. 5, pp. 497–510
5. ^ Webpage about the earthquake in Rognes Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
6. ^ "The Provence Earthquake of 11th June 1909 (France): A New Assessment of Near Field Effects", from Seismic Hazard in Mediterranean Regions: Proceedings of the Summer School Organized in Strasbourg, France July 15 – August 1, 1986 (Springer, 1988), p. 383

## Further reading

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* Marin, S. (2004), "A Probabilistic Approach to Seismic Hazard in Metropolitan France" (PDF), Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 94 (6): 2137–2163, Bibcode:2004BuSSA..94.2137M, doi:10.1785/0120030232

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Earthquakes in 1900–1909

1900|

* Caracas (7.7, Oct 28)

1901|

* Black Sea (7.2, Mar 31)
* Cheviot (6.9, Apr 13)
* Richfield (7.0, Nov 13)

1902|

* Shamakhi (6.9, Feb 13)†
* Guatemala (7.5, Apr 18)†
* Turkestan (7.7, Aug 22)‡ †
* Andijan (6.4, Dec 16)‡ †

1904|

* Kresna (6.9 & 7.2, Apr 4) †
* Cape Turnagain (6.8–7.2, Aug 9)
* Samos (6.8, Aug 11)
* Oslo (5.4, October 23)
* Douliu (6.1, Nov 6)†

1905|

* Kangra (7.8, Apr 4) †‡
* Tsetserleg (8.0, July 9)
* Bolnai (8.4, July 23)
* Calabria (7.2, Sept 8) †

1906|

* Ecuador–Colombia (8.8, Jan 31) †
* Meishan (6.8, Mar 17) †
* San Francisco (7.8, Apr 18) †
* Swansea (5.2, June 27)
* Valparaíso (8.2, Aug 16) †‡
* Aleutian Islands (8.4, Aug 17)
* Xinjiang (7.9, Dec 22) †

1907|

* Sumatra (7.5–8.0, Jan 4) †
* Kingston (6.5, Jan 14) †
* Qaratog (7.4, Oct 21) †‡
* Calabria (5.9, Oct 23) †

1908|

* Messina (7.1, Dec 28) †‡

1909|

* Borujerd (7.3, Jan 23) †‡
* Benavente (6.0, Apr 23) †
* Kerinci (7.6, Jun 4) †
* Provence (6.2, June 11) †
* Anegawa (6.9, August 14) †
* Wabash River (5.1, Sept 27)

† indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths
‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year

## External links

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* Website about the earthquake (in French)
* Webpage about the earthquake (in French)
* Pictures of the aftermath of the earthquake in Saint-Cannat

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