- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 27, 1628 CE
- Location:
- France
- Magnitude:
- 4 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 4
- AHEAD: Mw 3.85
Other earthquake records of 1628 CE
- China, Hebei Province · Ms 6.3 · 63 deaths
- Italy · Mw 4.4
- Romania · Mw 3.53
- Slovenia · Mw 5.6
- Balkans Nw, Slovenia: Krisko, Brestanica · M 5
- Philippines, Luzon: Camalig, Albay
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 1628 France earthquake (Mw 4.0) (1628 CE) happen?
- August 27, 1628 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.
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