- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 14, 1543 CE
- Location:
- France
- Magnitude:
- 3.6 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):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.6
- AHEAD: Mw 3.86
Other earthquake records of 1543 CE
- Venezuela, Cumana, Isla Cubagua
- Chile
- Romania · Mw 4.7
- Turkey · Mw 6.5
- Bearn (Mauleon) · Mw 3.86
- Ragusa · Mw 4.3
Source: Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001 · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1543 France earthquake (Mw 3.6) (1543 CE) happen?
- September 14, 1543 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
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