- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 17, 1653 CE
- Location:
- Solothurn (Kanton)
- Magnitude:
- 3.9 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
Other earthquake records of 1653 CE
- Turkey, Izmir, Alasehir, Denizli, Aydin · M 7.5 · 2,500 deaths
- Philippines, Mindoro Island
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Turkey · Mw 7.1
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Italy · Mw 4.4
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 1653 Solothurn (Kanton) earthquake (Mw 3.9) (1653 CE) happen?
- March 17, 1653 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.