- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- July 17, 1670 CE
- Location:
- Austria
- Magnitude:
- 5.41 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.41
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- AHEAD: Mw 5.46
Other earthquake records of 1670 CE
- Austria, Innsbruck, Schwaz
- South Korea, Kwangju, Sunchang, Unkyo, Kosan · M 6.3
- Boso, Japan · Ms 6.4
- China, Shanghai · Ms 6.8
- Slovenia · Mw 4.1
- Iran, Lar-Evaz
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 1670 Austria earthquake (Mw 5.4) (1670 CE) happen?
- July 17, 1670 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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