- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 18, 1692 CE
- Location:
- Belgium and Luxembourg
- Magnitude:
- 6.1 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
Other earthquake records of 1692 CE
- Jamaica, Port Royal · 3,000 deaths
- Argentina, Santiago, Esteco, Rio De Las Piedras · Ms 7 · 11 deaths
- Italy · Mw 4.16
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Italy · Mw 5.88
- Armenia, Jerevan (Erivan)
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 1692 Belgium and Luxembourg earthquake (Mw 6.1) (1692 CE) happen?
- September 18, 1692 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.