- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 21, 1644 CE
- Location:
- Switzerland
- Magnitude:
- 3.5 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 1644 CE
- France, Corsica, Belvedere, Roquebilliere · 150 deaths
- Japan, Nw. Honshu Island · Ms 6.9 · 117 deaths
- Spain, Alicante · 19 deaths
- Venezuela, San Cristobal, Colombia: Pamplona
- France · Mw 6.1
- Colombia, Pamploma, Herran, Venezuela: Merida · M 6.9
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 1644 Switzerland earthquake (Mw 3.5) (1644 CE) happen?
- April 21, 1644 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.