- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 1, 1634 CE
- Magnitude:
- 4.72 Mw
- Depth:
- 10 km
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 4.72
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.5
Other earthquake records of 1634 CE
- China, Gansu Province: Xihe · Ms 6 · 30 deaths
- China, Gansu Province: Lingtai · Ms 5.5
- China, Hubei Province · Ms 5.5
- Slovenia · Mw 4.5
- Italy · Mw 4.86
- Versante meridionale · Mw 3.47
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 1634 earthquake (Mw 4.7) (1634 CE) happen?
- May 1, 1634 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.