Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage / other notes |
813 | Aachen | unknown | Damage to royal chapel and collapse of passageway between it and the palace. |
829 | Aachen | unknown | Some damaged buildings |
1223 | Cologne | unknown | |
1348 | Altenberg | unknown | |
18 September 1640 | Düren | unknown | Damage to houses in Düren and Cologne. |
1661 | Dortmund | unknown | Tower of St. Reinoldi's churchdamaged; later collapsed. |
16 February 1673 | Remagen | unknown | Earthquake destroyed parts of the castle at Rolandseck. |
1692 | Aachen | unknown | Tower of St. Augustine's church collapsed. |
26–27 December 1755 | Aachen | unknown | Several moderate earthquakes in the Aachen area. |
19 January 1757 | Aachen[25] | unknown | |
1758 | Aachen[25] | unknown | |
1759 | Aachen[25] | unknown | |
9 June 1771 | Aachen[25] | unknown | |
15–16 July 1773 | Aachen[25] | unknown | |
23 February 1828 | Aachen[25] | unknown | |
19, 22, 31 October 1873 | Herzogenrath | unknown | Damaged buildings reported. |
1877 | Herzogenrath | unknown | Damaging quake |
26 August 1878 | Tollhausen | unknown | One person killed, damage to buildings. In Aachen numerous fallen chimneys, damaged buildings. |
18 November 1881 | Aachen | unknown | Strong quake felt in Aachen, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Arnsberg, Münster, and parts of Belgiumand the Netherlands; aftershock on 24 November.[26] |
16 November 1911 | near Albstadt on the Swabian Alb | ML=6.1[2] | |
20, 23 November 1932 | Aachen | unknown | |
22 January 1970 | Tübingen | unknown | a quake in Baden-Württembergshook the metre-thick walls of the castle tower in Tübingen[10] and caused damage to the pilgrimage church of Maria Zell near Hechingen that took 4 years to repair.[27] |
19 February 1971 | Roermond, Netherlands | ML=4.7 | Earthquake with epicentre near the German border |
2 June 1977 | Soltau[28] | 4.0 | |
3 September 1978 | Swabian Alb | ML=5.7 | The Hohenzollern Castle, home of the German Kaisers, was closed after sustaining extensive damage due to an earthquake in the Swabian Alb. 15 persons were reported injured in Tailfingen, Burladingen and Onstmettingen.[29]20 people had to be dug out of rubble.[10] |
24 May 1982 | Waldfeucht | ML=3.2 | |
1983 | Liège | ML=5.1 | |
11 December 1985 | Simpelveld, Netherlands | ML=2, 3.5 | Two earthquakes across the border at Simpelveld in the Netherlands, registering 2 and 3.5 on the Richter scale. |
13 March 1989 | Vacha | 5.7 | Blasting at a potash mine in East Germanywas blamed for a quake measured at 5.7 and felt in neighboring West Germany as well. Three villagers in the East German village of Vachawere injured.[30] |
22 July 2002 | Alsdorf | 5.0 | At 7:41 am, magnitude 5.0, VI on the Mercalli scale at the epicentre, at a depth of 14.4 km: no injuries, some damage to buildings. The quake was felt in some parts of the Ruhr. |
20 October 2004 | Neuenkirchen | 4.5 | Before 9:00 am, a 4.5 quake, largest in the area since 1977.[31] |
5 December 2004 | Waldkirch | 5.2 | Epicenter in Waldkirch close to Freiburg im Breisgau. Damage worth 10 million euros, mostly from cracks in walls.[32] |
3 August 2007 | Plaidt | 3.9 | At 4:58 am, a magnitude 3.9 quake, felt in Koblenz, Westerwaldkreis, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Euskirchen, Bonnand Cologne.[33] |
12 December 2007 | Duisburg | 3.2 | |
24 January 2008 | Duisburg | 3.0 | |
10 September 2009 | Westerwaldkreis | 2.7 | At 2:40 pm, a magnitude 2.7 quake with epicentre at Eitelborn caused alarm in Montabaur, Neuwied, and Bad Ems.[34] |
8 September 2011 | Xanten | 4.5 | At 9:04 pm, a magnitude 4.5 quake with epicentre at Xanten. |
30 March 2014 | Darmstadt | 3.2 | At 5:48 pm, a M3.2 quake hit Darmstadt |
17 May 2014 | Darmstadt | 4.2 | At 6.46 pm, Darmstadt was hit by a magnitude 4.2 quake.[35] |
8 June 2014 | Darmstadt | 3.3 | A M3.3 earthquake hit Darmstadt at 4:15 pm |
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