- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 19, 1619 CE
- Location:
- Taunus (Francfort)
- Magnitude:
- 3.74 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 3.74
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.57
Other earthquake records of 1619 CE
- Peru, Trujillo, Piura, Santa · Ms 8.6 · 350 deaths
- Philippines, N Luzon: Ilocos Prov, Zagaian Prov
- Yatsushiro, Japan · Ms 6.4
- Germany · Mw 3.57
- France · Mw 4.3
- Germany, Frankfurt
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 1619 TAUNUS (FRANCFORT) earthquake (Mw 3.7) (1619 CE) happen?
- January 19, 1619 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.