1652 Nordschweiz earthquake (Mw 3.8) (1652 CE)

Earthquake · Nordschweiz · February 11, 1652 CE

Type:
Earthquake
Date:
February 11, 1652 CE
Location:
Nordschweiz
Magnitude:
3.84 Mw

Cross-catalog records

This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):

Other earthquake records of 1652 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 1652 Nordschweiz earthquake (Mw 3.8) (1652 CE) happen?
February 11, 1652 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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