- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 19, 1619 CE
- Location:
- Germany
- Magnitude:
- 3.57 Mw
- Depth:
- 3 km
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 3.57
- AHEAD: Mw 3.74
Other earthquake records of 1619 CE
- Peru, Trujillo, Piura, Santa · Ms 8.6 · 350 deaths
- Philippines, N Luzon: Ilocos Prov, Zagaian Prov
- Yatsushiro, Japan · Ms 6.4
- France · Mw 4.3
- Italy · Mw 5.33
- Germany, Frankfurt
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 1619 Germany earthquake (Mw 3.6) (1619 CE) happen?
- January 19, 1619 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.