- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 23, 1671 CE
- Location:
- Switzerland
- Magnitude:
- 3.9 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 3.9
- AHEAD: Mw 3.89
Other earthquake records of 1671 CE
- Azerbaijan, Shemakha (Semacha)
- Japan, Nankaido · Ms 6.9
- Caucasus · Mw 5.28
- Caucasus · Mw 5.02
- Caucasus · Mw 4.63
- Caucasus · Mw 4.44
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 1671 Switzerland earthquake (Mw 3.9) (1671 CE) happen?
- May 23, 1671 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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