- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December, 1631 CE
- Location:
- Area Vesuviana
- Magnitude:
- 3.25 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 3.25
- NOAA_SIGEQ
Other earthquake records of 1631 CE
- Italy, Naples (Napoli) · 4,000 deaths
- China, Ningxia · Ms 5
- China, Hunan Province · Ms 6.5
- China, Gansu Province: Lintao · Ms 6
- Italy · Mw 5.1
- Ethiopia · M 5.7
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 1631 Area Vesuviana earthquake (Mw 3.3) (1631 CE) happen?
- December, 1631 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.
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