- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- 1560 CE
- Location:
- Glarus
- Magnitude:
- 3.79 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
Other earthquake records of 1560 CE
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 5.5 · 100 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province: Yiliang · Ms 5.5
- Italy · Mw 5.66
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Zuerich · Mw 2.59
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 1560 Glarus earthquake (Mw 3.8) (1560 CE) happen?
- 1560 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.