- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 31, 1586 CE
- Location:
- Switzerland
- Magnitude:
- 3.9 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 3.9
- AHEAD: Mw 3.9
Other earthquake records of 1586 CE
- Japan, Ise Bay · Ms 8.2 · 8,000 deaths
- Peru, Lima · M 8.5 · 22 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province: Weishan · Ms 5.5 · 20 deaths
- Slovakia · Mw 4.6
- Albula-Piz Err · Mw 3.9
- Parmense · Mw 4.2
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 1586 Switzerland earthquake (Mw 3.9) (1586 CE) happen?
- October 31, 1586 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.