May 3, 1574 Earthquake: Switzerland
An earthquake struck Switzerland on May 3, 1574.
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
- May 3, 1574
- Place
- Switzerland
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 46.200° N, 6.200° 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
- February 13, 1991, France
- September 18, 1601, Switzerland
- March 11, 1817, Chamonix Valley, France
- April 2, 1808, Valley of Pellice, Chisone, Italy
- July 25, 1855, Haut-Valais, Switzerland
- August 16, 1839, Switzerland
- March 13, 1584, Switzerland
- March 14, 1584, Switzerland
- 1003, Burgundy, France
- April 18, 1835, Switzerland
- December 9, 1755, Switzerland
- January 1, 1851, Switzerland
- April 25, 1962, Correncon,chateau-Bernard,le Gua,rencurel, France
More
Significant earthquakes of 1574The 1500sRecent 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 762.