- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 31, 1646 CE
- Location:
- Gargano
- Magnitude:
- 6.76 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 6.76
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.72
Other earthquake records of 1646 CE
- Italy, Gargano
- Japan, Sanriku: Sendai · Ms 7.6
- Turkey, Istanbul (Constantinople)
- Italy, Ligurian Coast · Ms 5.2
- Indonesia, Maluku: Makjan (Maklan)
- Turkey, Van
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 1646 Gargano earthquake (Mw 6.8) (1646 CE) happen?
- May 31, 1646 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.