- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 24, 1605 CE
- Location:
- Aunis (La Rochelle)
- Magnitude:
- 4.17 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 4.17
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.3
Other earthquake records of 1605 CE
- Japan, Nankaido · Ms 7.9 · 5,000 deaths
- China, Guangdong Province · Ms 7.5 · 2,000 deaths
- Japan, Enshunada · Ms 7.9 · 1,001 deaths
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Spain · Mw 3.66
- Romania · Mw 3.53
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 1605 AUNIS (LA ROCHELLE) earthquake (Mw 4.2) (1605 CE) happen?
- August 24, 1605 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.