- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 12, 1584 CE
- Location:
- Switzerland
- Magnitude:
- 3.9 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):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.9
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 5.9
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 5.4
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.9
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.9
Other earthquake records of 1584 CE
- Switzerland, Geneva-Yvoire · Mw 5.9 · 100 deaths
- Switzerland · Mw 5.4
- Peru · Ms 8.4
- Italy · Mw 4.86
- Switzerland · Mw 5.9
- Switzerland
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 1584 Switzerland earthquake (Mw 3.9) (1584 CE) happen?
- March 12, 1584 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.