- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 15, 1817 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: M 8
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.9
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.9
- AHEAD: Mw 3.29
Other earthquake records of 1817 CE
- France, Chamonix Valley · M 8 · 4 deaths
- Spain, La Rioja · Mw 5.7 · 1 deaths
- Greece, Achaia: Aeghion · Ms 6.8
- South Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania
- Argentina, Santiago Del Estero Province
- China, Sichuan Province: Changli
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 1817 Switzerland earthquake (Mw 3.9) (1817 CE) happen?
- January 15, 1817 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.