<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1356_Basel_earthquake" id="mwTw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1356 Basel earthquake">Basel earthquake</a>, the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys the town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel" id="mwUA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Basel">Basel</a>, Switzerland.