- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 1, 1855 CE
- Location:
- Switzerland
- Magnitude:
- 3.5 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 3.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.2
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.3
Other earthquake records of 1855 CE
- Japan, Tokyo · Ms 7 · 6,757 deaths
- Turkey, Tayabas, Bursa · M 6.7 · 2,200 deaths
- Turkey, Bursa · M 6.7 · 1,300 deaths
- Turkey, Bursa · 400 deaths
- Indonesia, Maluku: Ternate Island · 34 deaths
- China, Liaoning Province · Ms 5.5 · 7 deaths
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 1855 Switzerland earthquake (Mw 3.5) (1855 CE) happen?
- April 1, 1855 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.