1909 Provence earthquake

1909 Provence earthquake 1909-06-11 21:06:00 11 June 1909 21:15 610326346 iscgem610326346 France 6.2 s yes6.0 w yes10.1029/2002JB002348 Source parameters of the 11 June 1909, Lambesc (Provence, southeastern France) earthquake: A reappraisal based on macroseismic, seismological, and geodetic observations 2003 Baroux Emmanuel Pino Nicola Alessandro Valensise Gianluca Scotti Oona Cushing Marc E. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 108 B9 2454 2003JGRB..108.2454B free5.5 I yes10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02808.x Regional intensity attenuation models for France and the estimation of magnitude and location of historical earthquakes 2006 Bakun William H. Scotti Oona Geophysical Journal International 164 3 596–610 2006GeoJI.164..596B free 43.7 5.4 inline,titlehttp://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=2867&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display https://web.archive.org/web/20171001030921/https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=2867&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display dead October 1, 2017 Comments for the Significant Earthquake NGDC 21 January 2011 France, Provence X 46 dead thumb|260px|Vernègues after the earthquake thumb|220px|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.Dominique Chardon and Olivier Bellier, "Geological boundary conditions of the 1909 Lambesc (Provence, France) earthquake : structure and evolution of the Trévaresse ridge anticline" https://web.archive.org/web/20170816115717/http://documents.irevues.inist.fr/bitstream/handle/2042/280/P071-P084.pdf?sequence=1 2017-08-16 , Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 2003, t. 174, no. 5, pp. 497–510 Description 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,Webpage about the earthquake in Rognes https://web.archive.org/web/20110721014408/http://assoavr.online.fr/Tremblement/tremb1909.htm 2011-07-21 fr 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."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 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 List of earthquakes in 1909 List of earthquakes in France 1909 Benavente earthquake References Further reading 10.1785/0120030232 A Probabilistic Approach to Seismic Hazard in Metropolitan France http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~avouac/publications/MarinAvouac2004.pdf 2004 Marin S. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 94 6 2137–2163 2004BuSSA..94.2137M External links Website about the earthquake fr Webpage about the earthquake https://web.archive.org/web/20100701213755/http://planet-terre.ens-lyon.fr/planetterre/XML/db/planetterre/metadata/LOM-seisme-Lambesc-1909.xml 2010-07-01 fr Pictures of the aftermath of the earthquake in Saint-Cannat 1909 Provence Provence Earthquake Category:Bouches-du-Rhône Category:June 1909 in Europe Category:1909 disasters in France