- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April, 1605 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 1605 CE
- Japan, Nankaido · Ms 7.9 · 5,000 deaths
- China, Guangdong Province · Ms 7.5 · 2,000 deaths
- Japan, Enshunada · Ms 7.9 · 1,001 deaths
- France · Mw 4.3
- Spain · Mw 3.66
- Romania · Mw 3.53
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 1605 Switzerland earthquake (Mw 3.9) (1605 CE) happen?
- April, 1605 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.