- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- June, 1656 CE
- Location:
- Cosentino
- Magnitude:
- 5.34 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 5.34
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.33
Other earthquake records of 1656 CE
- SE Mediterranean area · Mw 6.69
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Switzerland · Mw 3.5
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Italy · Mw 5.33
- Lebanon, Tarabulus (Trippoles)
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 1656 Cosentino earthquake (Mw 5.3) (1656 CE) happen?
- June, 1656 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.
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