- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- June 19, 1644 CE
- Location:
- Muro de Alcoy
- Magnitude:
- 5.29 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 5.29
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.66
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.96
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.96
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.76
Other earthquake records of 1644 CE
- France, Corsica, Belvedere, Roquebilliere · 150 deaths
- Japan, Nw. Honshu Island · Ms 6.9 · 117 deaths
- Spain, Alicante · 19 deaths
- Venezuela, San Cristobal, Colombia: Pamplona
- France · Mw 6.1
- Colombia, Pamploma, Herran, Venezuela: Merida · M 6.9
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 1644 Muro de Alcoy earthquake (Mw 5.3) (1644 CE) happen?
- June 19, 1644 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.