presentation of Tremblement de terre dans les Pyrénées
The Pyrenees cover a territory particularly exposed to seismic risk: over the past 15 years, there have been 12 earthquakes of magnitude greater than 4 on the Richter scale which is between 0 and 12.
The importance of this seismic activity has led to classifying part of the departments covered by the Pyrenees as a high-risk zone in the seismic zoning that came into force in May 2011.
04/17/2023: 3:28 p.m.: South-East of Bagnères-de-Bigorre (magnitude 4.3)
02/01/2022 at 2:02 a.m.: west of Andorra (magnitude 4.0)
01/10/2020 at 0:21 am: 11km northeast of Pamplona (magntude 4.4)
09/30/2020 at 10:02 p.m.: 14km northeast of Pamplona (magnitude 4.5)
04/03/2019 at 3:29 p.m.: 25 km SW Andorra la Vella (magnitude 4.4)
03/10/2017 at 06:43: 19 km NW of Pamplona (magnitude 4.5)
05/11/2016 at 10:45 a.m.: 32 km S Pau (magnitude 4.2)
29/10/2015 at 0:37 am: 41 km NE of Girona (magnitude 4.4)
04/29/2014 at 7:03 a.m.: 7 km S of Lourdes (magnitude 4.4)
09/02/2013 at 12:36 p.m.: 26 km NW of Pau (magnitude 4.0)
04/20/2013 at 3:18 p.m.: 9 km SW of Pamplona (magnitude 4.2)
03/23/2013 at 02:57: 11 km W of Pamplona (magnitude 4.2)
05/01/2013 at 11:26 p.m.: 13 km W of Lourdes (magnitude 4.0)
30/12/2012 at 11:35 p.m.: 18 km NW Lourdes (magnitude 4.7)
04/01/2010 at 01:36: SE Tarbes (65) (magnitude 4.3)
02/09/2009 at 08:38: South-south east of Pau (64) (magnitude 4.2)
05/18/2008 at 01:57: South-west of Tarbes (65) (magnitude 4.2)
03/05/2008 at 12:14: North-northwest of Vielle-Aure (65) (magnitude 4.1)
15/11/2007 at 1:47 p.m.: South of Tarbes (65) (magnitude 4.5)
16/12/2006 at 08:17: South-west of Tarbes (65) (magnitude 4.1)
2006-11-17 at 18:19: East of None (65) (magnitude 5.2)
12/12/2002 at 8:09 p.m.: South of Pau (64) (magnitude 4.6)
05/16/2002 at 14:56: South of None (65) (magnitude 4.8)
05/30/1989 at 06:18: South of Pau (64) (magnitude 4.2)
06/01/1989 at 7:33 p.m.: South-east of Tarbes (65) (magnitude 5.0)
and for memory
08/13/1967 at 11:08 p.m.: Southeast of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, near Arette (magnitude 5.3)
Largest earthquake felt in metropolitan France since the Lambesc earthquake of June 11, 1909 in Provence. The village of Arette is largely destroyed, the surrounding villages are damaged like Aramitz and Lanne-en-Barétous. The toll is one dead and twenty injured.