- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 27, 1628 CE
- Location:
- Val D'anjou (Angers)
- Magnitude:
- 3.85 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 3.85
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4
Other earthquake records of 1628 CE
- China, Hebei Province · Ms 6.3 · 63 deaths
- Italy · Mw 4.4
- Romania · Mw 3.53
- Slovenia · Mw 5.6
- Balkans Nw, Slovenia: Krisko, Brestanica · M 5
- Philippines, Luzon: Camalig, Albay
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 1628 VAL D'ANJOU (ANGERS) earthquake (Mw 3.9) (1628 CE) happen?
- August 27, 1628 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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