- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 16, 1639 CE
- Location:
- Bas-Pays Charentais (Rochefort)
- Magnitude:
- 3.36 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 3.36
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4
Other earthquake records of 1639 CE
- Iran, Qazvin · 12,000 deaths
- Italy, Amatrice
- Chile
- Spain · Mw 3.96
- France · Mw 4
- Balkans Nw, Croatia
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 1639 BAS-PAYS CHARENTAIS (ROCHEFORT) earthquake (Mw 3.4) (1639 CE) happen?
- February 16, 1639 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.