- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 5, 1660 CE
- Location:
- Melilla
- Magnitude:
- 5.15 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 5.15
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.2
Other earthquake records of 1660 CE
- Greece, Galaxidi · 2 deaths
- Italy, Modena
- France, Bagneres De Bigorre, Lourdes, Bordeaux
- Ecuador · M 7.7
- Morocco · Mw 5.2
- Morocco, Melilla
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 1660 Melilla earthquake (Mw 5.2) (1660 CE) happen?
- August 5, 1660 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.