March 1616 Earthquake: Switzerland
An earthquake struck Switzerland in March 1616.
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 1616
- Place
- Switzerland
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 46.800° N, 8.400° 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.
- December 25, 1222, Brescia, Italy
- 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
- 1375, Switzerland
- May 14, 1801, Switzerland
- September 10, 1774, Switzerland
- April 18, 1835, Switzerland
- December 9, 1755, Switzerland
- January 1, 1851, Switzerland
- 1512, Switzerland
- April 5, 1295, Switzerland
- September 4, 1295, Switzerland
More
Significant earthquakes of 1616The 1600sRecent earthquakes near here
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 876.