1778 Switzerland earthquake (Mw 3.9) (1778 CE)

Name: 1778 Switzerland earthquake (Mw 3.9) (1778 CE)
Start: 1778
Location: Switzerland

Type:: Earthquake
Date:: May 22, 1778 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
EMEC_2021: Mw 3.9
EMEC_2021: Mw 4.2
EMEC_2021: Mw 3.9
EMEC_2021: Mw 3.9
AHEAD: Mw 3.71

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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 1778 Switzerland earthquake (Mw 3.9) (1778 CE) happen?: May 22, 1778 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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