- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- July 3, 1618 CE
- Location:
- France
- Magnitude:
- 5.1 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
Other earthquake records of 1618 CE
- India, Bombay · 2,000 deaths
- Iran, Dughabad, Khorasan · 800 deaths
- Switzerland
- China, Shanxi Province · Ms 6.5
- France · Mw 5.7
- France · Mw 3.9
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 1618 France earthquake (Mw 5.1) (1618 CE) happen?
- July 3, 1618 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.