- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 29, 1657 CE
- Location:
- Lesina
- Magnitude:
- 5.99 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 5.99
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.96
Other earthquake records of 1657 CE
- Peru, Lima, Callao · 11,000 deaths
- Chile, Concepcion, Chillan · Ms 8 · 40 deaths
- Chile, Santiago
- Indonesia, Banda Sea
- China, Sichuan Province · Ms 6
- Italy · Mw 5.96
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 1657 Lesina earthquake (Mw 6.0) (1657 CE) happen?
- January 29, 1657 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.