March 1504 Earthquake: Switzerland
An earthquake struck Switzerland in March 1504.
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 1504
- Place
- Switzerland
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 46.800° N, 10.200° E
- Country
- Switzerland
The toll
- Deaths
- Some (about 51 to 100)
- 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.
- December 25, 1222, Brescia, Italy
- November 17, 1570, Ferrara,bologna,padova,venizia,treviso, Italy
- June 29, 1873, Bellunese, Italy
- December 22, 1689, Augsburg, Innsbruck, Germany, Austria
- September 18, 1601, Switzerland
- May 9, 1861, Citta Della Pieve, Italy
- July 25, 1855, Haut-Valais, Switzerland
- July 25, 1622, Switzerland
- August 3, 1622, Switzerland
- April 5, 1295, Switzerland
- September 4, 1295, Switzerland
- 1769, Switzerland
- August 25, 1618, Switzerland
- December 20, 1720, Switzerland
- July 17, 1670, Innsbruck, Schwaz, Austria
More
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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 662.