- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 27, 1523 CE
- Location:
- Foret Noire (Freiburg)
- Magnitude:
- 4.3 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):
Other earthquake records of 1523 CE
- Mexico, Veracruz
- Italy · Mw 3.7
- Romania · Mw 6.5
- Romania · Mw 5.9
- France · Mw 4.25
- Jura Suisse (Bale) · Mw 3.8
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 1523 FORET NOIRE (FREIBURG) earthquake (Mw 4.3) (1523 CE) happen?
- December 27, 1523 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.
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