- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 20, 1720 CE
- Location:
- Switzerland
- Magnitude:
- 4.7 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 4.7
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- AHEAD: Mw 4.64
Other earthquake records of 1720 CE
- India, Delhi
- Azores, Sao Miguel (San Miguel)
- Azores, Atlantic
- Switzerland
- Taiwan, Tainan · Ms 5.5
- China, Hebei Province · Ms 6.8
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 1720 Switzerland earthquake (Mw 4.7) (1720 CE) happen?
- December 20, 1720 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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