- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 18, 1356 CE
- Location:
- Basel
- Magnitude:
- 6.58 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):
- AHEAD: Mw 6.58
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.9
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.9
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.9
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.4
Other earthquake records of 1356 CE
- Switzerland, Basel · 300 deaths
- Albania · Mw 6.36
- Portugal · Mw 6.7
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Portugal, Lisbon, Spain: Sevilla, Cordova
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 1356 Basel earthquake (Mw 6.6) (1356 CE) happen?
- October 18, 1356 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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