- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 24, 1679 CE
- Location:
- Valdorcia
- Magnitude:
- 4.88 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 4.88
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.86
Other earthquake records of 1679 CE
- China, Hebei Province · Ms 8 · 13,162 deaths
- Turkey / Armenia, Dvina · M 5.9 · 7,600 deaths
- Yemen, Al Mukha
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Italy · Mw 4.86
- Caucasus · Mw 6.06
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 1679 Valdorcia earthquake (Mw 4.9) (1679 CE) happen?
- March 24, 1679 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.