- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 25, 1575 CE
- Location:
- Geneve
- Magnitude:
- 3.9 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 3.9
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.9
Other earthquake records of 1575 CE
- Chile, Valdivia · Ms 8.5 · 1,321 deaths
- El Salvador, San Marcos
- Romania · Mw 3.53
- United Kingdom and adjacent waters · Mw 4.7
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Ecuador · M 7.8
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 1575 Geneve earthquake (Mw 3.9) (1575 CE) happen?
- April 25, 1575 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.