March 23, 1391 Earthquake: Switzerland
An earthquake struck Switzerland on March 23, 1391.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- March 23, 1391
- Place
- Switzerland
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 47.400° N, 7.200° E
- Country
- Switzerland
The toll
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- October 18, 1356, Basel, Switzerland
- March 11, 1584, Geneva-Yvoire, Switzerland
- September 18, 1601, Switzerland
- March 11, 1817, Chamonix Valley, France
- July 25, 1855, Haut-Valais, Switzerland
- November 29, 1610, Switzerland
- May 12, 1021, Switzerland
- November 24, 1346, Switzerland
- September 14, 1454, Switzerland
- September 15, 1454, Switzerland
- December 8, 2006, Basel, Switzerland
- May 12, 1682, Remiremont,fougerolles,faucogney, France
- April 18, 1835, Switzerland
- 1003, Burgundy, France
- December 5, 2004, Emmendingen, Freiburg Im Breisgau, Germany
More
Significant earthquakes of 1391The 1300sRecent earthquakes near hereThis day in weather history
Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 576.