September 10, 1774 Earthquake: Switzerland
An earthquake struck Switzerland on September 10, 1774 at 15:25 UTC.
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
- September 10, 1774
- Time
- 15:25 UTC
- Place
- Switzerland
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 46.900° N, 8.700° 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
- October 18, 1356, Basel, Switzerland
- March 11, 1584, Geneva-Yvoire, Switzerland
- December 22, 1689, Augsburg, Innsbruck, Germany, Austria
- September 18, 1601, Switzerland
- March 11, 1817, Chamonix Valley, France
- July 25, 1855, Haut-Valais, Switzerland
- May 14, 1801, Switzerland
- 1375, Switzerland
- March 1616, Switzerland
- 1512, Switzerland
- April 5, 1295, Switzerland
- September 4, 1295, Switzerland
- 1769, Switzerland
- April 18, 1835, Switzerland
More
Significant earthquakes of 1774The 1700sRecent 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 1420.