1661 Aigle earthquake (Mw 3.9) (1661 CE)

Earthquake · Aigle · March 27, 1661 CE

Type:
Earthquake
Date:
March 27, 1661 CE
Location:
Aigle
Magnitude:
3.9 Mw

Cross-catalog records

This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):

Other earthquake records of 1661 CE

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 1661 Aigle earthquake (Mw 3.9) (1661 CE) happen?
March 27, 1661 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.

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