- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 9, 1650 CE
- Location:
- Thera
- Magnitude:
- 6.05 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 6.05
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6
Other earthquake records of 1650 CE
- Peru, Cuzco, Collao, Lima, Bolivia: Sicasica · M 8.1
- Ukraine, Black Sea, Azov Sea · M 7
- Greece, Thera Island (Santorini)
- Bolivia, Sucre
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Iran, Tabriz
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 1650 Thera earthquake (Mw 6.0) (1650 CE) happen?
- October 9, 1650 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.