- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 18, 1618 CE
- Location:
- Alpes Niçoises (Coaraze)
- Magnitude:
- 5.52 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):
- AHEAD: Mw 5.52
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.7
Other earthquake records of 1618 CE
- India, Bombay · 2,000 deaths
- Iran, Dughabad, Khorasan · 800 deaths
- Switzerland
- China, Shanxi Province · Ms 6.5
- France · Mw 5.7
- France · Mw 3.9
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 1618 Alpes Niçoises (Coaraze) earthquake (Mw 5.5) (1618 CE) happen?
- January 18, 1618 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.