- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 4, 1614 CE
- Location:
- Basel
- Magnitude:
- 4.16 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
Other earthquake records of 1614 CE
- Azores, Terceira · M 6.3 · 200 deaths
- Japan, Niigata Prefecture · Ms 7.7
- China, Shaanxi Province · Ms 6.5
- Romania · Mw 4.1
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Azores, Praia
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 1614 Basel earthquake (Mw 4.2) (1614 CE) happen?
- October 4, 1614 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.