- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 10, 1774 CE
- Location:
- Switzerland
- Magnitude:
- 3.9 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 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
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.9
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.9
Other earthquake records of 1774 CE
- Canada, Newfoundland · 300 deaths
- Switzerland
- Mexico, Jalisco, Zacatecas
- Poland · Mw 5.02
- Italy · Mw 4.63
- French Guiana, Cayenne
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 1774 Switzerland earthquake (Mw 3.9) (1774 CE) happen?
- September 10, 1774 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.