- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 17, 1647 CE
- Location:
- Viterbese
- Magnitude:
- 4.82 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 4.82
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.82
Other earthquake records of 1647 CE
- Chile, Santiago · Ms 8.5 · 1,000 deaths
- Peru · 14 deaths
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Italy · Mw 5.69
- Italy · Mw 4.82
- Turkey · Mw 4.37
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 1647 Viterbese earthquake (Mw 4.8) (1647 CE) happen?
- May 17, 1647 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.