- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 15, 1687 CE
- Location:
- Glarus
- Magnitude:
- 3.9 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 3.9
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.9
Other earthquake records of 1687 CE
- Peru, Lima · Ms 8.5 · 5,000 deaths
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Ecuador · M 7.3
- Chile, Santiago · Ms 7.5
- Iran, Mashhad
- Jamaica
Source: Albini, P., Locati, M., Rovida, A. & Stucchi, M. (2013): European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD), INGV, doi:10.6092/ingv.it-ahead · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1687 Glarus earthquake (Mw 3.9) (1687 CE) happen?
- March 15, 1687 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Albini, P., Locati, M., Rovida, A. & Stucchi, M. (2013): European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD), INGV, doi:10.6092/ingv.it-ahead; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.