1356 Basel earthquake

When

1356

Kind

Earthquake

Coordinates

47.40° N, 7.60° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1356 Basel earthquake.

October 18 (St Luke's Day) – The Basel earthquake affects northern Switzerland, with a maximum MSK intensity of IX–X (Destructive–Devastating), leaving around 1,000 dead. It is the most damaging intraplate earthquake known to have occurred in central Europe.

6.0–7.1 MW earthquake in Switzerland

The 1356 Basel earthquake is the most significant seismological event to have occurred in Central Europe in recorded history and had a moment magnitude in the range of 6.0–7.1. This earthquake, which occurred on 18 October 1356, is also known as the Sankt-Lukas-Tag Erdbeben, as 18 October is the feast day of Saint Luke the Evangelist.

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• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Das Erdbeben zu Basel am 18. Oktober 1356 richtet große Schäden an”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “tremblement de terre de Bâle de 1356”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Suiza, un terremoto de 7,1 destruye la ciudad de Basilea dejando un saldo de 1000 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “瑞士北部发生巴塞尔大地震，这场地震影响了法国与德国的广大地区，造成约1000人死亡，巴塞尔城及周围80余个城堡毁坏严重。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page