- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 9, 1680 CE
- Location:
- NW. de Málaga
- Magnitude:
- 6.3 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 6.3
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.8
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.8
Other earthquake records of 1680 CE
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6.8 · 2,700 deaths
- Spain, Malaga · Mw 6.8 · 70 deaths
- Japan, Totomi-Nada
- Turkey · Mw 6.2
- Italy · Mw 5.1
- Spain · Mw 6.8
Source: Albini, P., Locati, M., Rovida, A. & Stucchi, M. (2013): European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD), INGV, doi:10.6092/ingv.it-ahead · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1680 NW. de Málaga earthquake (Mw 6.3) (1680 CE) happen?
- October 9, 1680 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Albini, P., Locati, M., Rovida, A. & Stucchi, M. (2013): European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD), INGV, doi:10.6092/ingv.it-ahead; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.