List of earthquakes in Austria

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This list of earthquakes in Austria shows strong earthquakes that have occurred in what is now Austria . Earthquakes with a magnitude  4.0 or more or intensity  VI are included in the list . Another reason for admission is a special associated event or national interest.

overview

Austria itself lies in the west of the Eurasian continental plate , which is also known as the European plate . In Austria there are around 600 registered vibrations each year, more than half of which come from explosions. Around 30 to 60 tremors are felt by the population. Earthquakes with building damage occur very irregularly. On average, there is an earthquake every three years with slight damage to the building, every 15 to 30 years with moderate damage to the building, and an earthquake every 75 to 100 years, which can occasionally lead to severe damage to buildings. Lighter earthquakes, which can only be perceived with measuring devices, occur several times a week in Austria; they are published by the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics .

Most earthquakes occur in the Vienna Basin , Mürz Valley and the Inn Valley . The southern part of Carinthia is affected by the tremors of earthquakes, the epicenter of which is Italy and Slovenia.

list

Legend:

T = depth of the earthquake center in km
M = Magnitude according to Richter
I = intensity according to EMS-98
Q = source of information
Date
(UTC) 		Time
(UTC) 		Time
CET /
CEST 		epicenter description T M. I. Q
May 4, 1201 10 O `clock 11 clock Katschberg / Ktn. In the earliest known earthquake in Austria, some people are said to have died and some churches, castles and houses were destroyed. 8th 6.1 9
May 8, 1267 02 O 'clock 03 o'clock Kindberg / Styria Little is known about the quake. A contemporary source reports the collapse of a castle in Kindberg. 8th 5.4 8th
Jan. 25 1348 4 p.m. 17 o'clock Friuli / Italy Also known as "The great Villach earthquake of 1348". The Friuli earthquake in 1348 also led to a landslide on the Dobratsch and destroyed at least eleven castles in Carinthia (the Ortenburg and Kellerberg are named by name ). A number of victims of 5,000 is repeatedly mentioned, but this also includes the plague deaths of the same year. 8th 6.8 10
Nov 1, 1571 -  -  Innsbruck / Tyrol An earthquake mistakenly assumed in the past. -  -  - 
4th Jan 1572 18:45 19:45 Innsbruck / Tyrol According to a chronicle from Schwaz , major damage is said to have occurred in Innsbruck and Hall . 6th 4.2 6-7
Sep 15 1590 17 o'clock 6 p.m. Riederberg / Lower Austria Also known as the " Neulengbacher quake ". The greatest impact on Vienna so far, several fatalities. In studies of the 1978 referendum on the nearby Zwentendorf nuclear power plant , today a European example of site safety issues. 6th 5.2 8th
Sep 15 1590 23:50 00:50 Riederberg / Lower Austria Compare earthquakes from 6 pm local time. Strongest earthquake ever in Austria, 9 dead in the collapse of a house in Rothenturmstrasse, the tower of Michaelerkirche in Vienna collapsed (later rebuilt), 26 houses in Vienna were badly damaged, many chimneys collapsed. 6th 5.75 9
27 Aug 1668 - - Wr. Neustadt / Lower Austria An earthquake mistakenly assumed in the past. - - -
July 17, 1670 01:15 02:15 Hall / Tyrol The earthquake in the Inn valley in 1670 claimed several lives. Collapse of the church tower , severe damage. Numerous homeless people who found shelter in monasteries and hostels. Many aftershocks up to 1671. 6th 5.2 8th
December 22, 1689 01 O 'clock 02 O 'clock Innsbruck / Tyrol Several people are likely to have died in collapsing inns. Serious damage in Innsbruck and other places. Aftershocks over several months. 6th 4.8 7-8
Dec. 4, 1690 14:45 15:45 Friuli  ? / Italy This catastrophe, also known as the “Villach earthquake”, damaged buildings in numerous Carinthian towns. In Gmünd the Trinity Column is a reminder of the quake. 8th 6.1 9
Apr 10, 1712 -  -  Wr. Neustadt / Lower Austria Little information is available about this quake. It is said to have happened around noon and caused damage to the city. 7th 4.0 6th
Aug 5, 1766 -  -  St. Margarethen / Bgld. 6th 4.6 7th
16 Aug 1766 -  -  St. Margarethen / Bgld. 6th 4.6 7th
Nov 21, 1767 -  -  Strasbourg / Ktn. Several buildings were damaged, including the Lieding parish church . The north-east wing of the bishopric of Strasbourg became uninhabitable as a result of the damage. 8th 4.8 7th
Feb. 27, 1768 01:45 02:45 Wr. Neustadt / Lower Austria For the time, one-time description of the damage under the court mathematician Joseph Anton Nagel . 9 5.0 7th
Feb 6, 1794 12:18 13:18 Leoben / Styria Good documentation of the damage by an "inspection commission". 8th 4.7 7th
July 18, 1810 -  -  Admont / Styria Several buildings were damaged. 6th 4.5 6th
July 17, 1820 06:30 07:30 Schwaz / Tyrol Numerous damage in the place, rock falls were triggered. 6th 4.5 7th
March 14, 1837 15:40 16:40 Mürzzuschlag / Styria In Mürzzuschlag and some other places houses were damaged by wall cracks. Rock falls on the Semmering. Multiple aftershocks. 8th 4.7 7th
July 13, 1841 12:30 13:30 Wr. Neustadt / Lower Austria Some chimneys collapsed, walls cracked on buildings. 7th 4.0 6th
Dec 25, 1857 01:30 02:30 Rosegg / Ktn. Numerous damage to buildings, chimneys crashed. 7th 4.6 7th
July 17, 1876 12:17 13:17 Scheibbs / Lower Austria Many chimneys fell to the ground, some major and numerous minor damage to buildings. 8th 4.4 6-7
Apr 30, 1885 23:15 00:15 Kindberg / Styria All houses in the village were damaged, chimneys and also individual vaults collapsed. There was also damage in the surrounding towns. Peter Rosegger wrote a report and a poem about the quake. 8th 5.0 7th
Nov 28, 1886 22:30 23:30 Nassereith / Tyrol In Nassereith damage to almost every house, chimneys collapsed. 8th 5.1 7-8
Apr 12, 1888 05:10 06:10 Siegendorf / Bgld. The strongest known earthquake in the area of ​​today's Burgenland caused wall cracks and the collapse of several chimneys. In the evening there was an aftershock that was only slightly weaker than the main one. 6th 4.6 7th
July 13, 1910 08:32 09:32 Nassereith / Tyrol The quake caused damage to buildings in various parts of the region and triggered rockfalls and rock avalanches. 8th 4.8 7th
May 1, 1916 10:24 12:24 Judenburg / Styria In Judenburg, gables, fire walls and chimneys collapsed, and most of the houses had cracks in the brickwork. Damage also in surrounding towns. 7th 4.7 7th
July 25, 1927 20:35 21:35 Wartberg / Styria All houses in Wartberg were damaged and chimneys collapsed. Multiple aftershocks. 11 5.1 7th
Oct 8, 1927 19:49 19:49 Schwadorf / Lower Austria The so far last earthquake in Austria with an epicentral intensity of 8 degrees caused severe building damage. 6th 5.2 8th
Oct 7, 1930 23:27 00:27 Namlos / Tyrol Damage to buildings. Numerous aftershocks, initially daily, up to mid-1931. 9 5.3 7-8
Oct 3, 1936 15:48 16:48 Shelter / Styria Three people were injured. Damage to buildings in Obdach, Bad St. Leonhard , Reichenfels , Wolfsberg , Judenburg and other places. Rock falls were triggered. Several strong aftershocks. 8th 5.0 7th
Nov 8, 1938 03:12 04:12 Ebreichsdorf / Lower Austria Wall cracks on many buildings in Ebreichsdorf and the surrounding area. Factory chimneys collapsed in the Vienna district of Favoriten . 10 5.0 7th
Sep 18 1939 00:14 01:14 Puchberg / Lower Austria The quake caused a rock fall in Losenheim in the municipality of Puchberg, which smashed a house and buried the two residents under itself. 10 5.0 7th
Jan. 29 1967 00:12 01:12 Molln / Upper Austria Hundreds of houses in the village had cracks and wall cracks and some chimneys collapsed, damage also in other places. A small rock fall narrowed the course of the Krummen Steyrling . It was the strongest known earthquake in Upper Austria to date. 6th 4.6 6-7
Apr 16, 1972 10:10 11:10 Seebenstein ,
Pitten / Lower Austria 		800 fire brigade operations in Vienna. Considerable damage to the parish church in Seebenstein . Two older buildings collapsed in Guntramsdorf and Schwarzau . Numerous chimneys and cornices collapsed in the region, damaging parked cars and blocking a federal road near Wiener Neustadt . In the cathedral of Wiener Neustadt , parts of the wall fell down during a service (no injuries). In some places the power went out. 10 5.3 7-8
May 6, 1976 20:00 21:00 Friuli / Italy The earthquake in Friuli in 1976 was felt all over Austria and caused building damage in a large area of ​​Carinthia. 6th 6.5 10
Apr 15, 1984 10:57 12:57 Schottwien / Lower Austria In May, two earthquakes of intensities 5 and 6 followed in the region. 7th 4.9 6-7
May 2, 1991 10:15 12:15 Ebenfurth / Lower Austria 11 4.2 5-6
July 11, 2000 02:49 04:49 Ebreichsdorf / Lower Austria Cracks in the plasterwork on many houses. 13 4.8 6th
May 19, 2007 16:19 18:19 7 km NE of Landeck / Tirol Some light damage to buildings 12 4.2 5-6
Sep 20 2013 02:06 04:06 Ebreichsdorf / Lower Austria Slight damage to buildings. 13 4.3 5-6
Oct 2, 2013 17:17 19:17 Ebreichsdorf / Lower Austria Slight damage to buildings. 12 4.2 5.5
Apr 17, 2014 14:59 16:59 16 km south of Murzsteg / Stmk. Slight damage to buildings. 15th 4.1 5
Apr 25, 2016 10:28 12:28 3 km north of Alland / northeast Slight damage to buildings. 15th 4.1 5
Oct 22, 2019 23:35 01:35 5 km SE of Kufstein / Tirol Many people were roused from their sleep. Isolated reports of slight damage to buildings (hairline cracks in the plaster). 12 4.0 5
Aug 8, 2020 19:44 21:44 7 km NE of Landeck / Tirol Isolated reports of cracks in the plaster. Five hours later, an aftershock occurred with magnitude 3.5 m l . 10 4.1 k. A.

See also

Web links

literature

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG): Current earthquake map and list (continuously updated).
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  5. ^ The earthquake of 1348 in Friuli . Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG). Retrieved September 20, 2013.
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