- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 4, 1626 CE
- Location:
- Girifalco
- Magnitude:
- 6.06 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 6.06
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.07
Other earthquake records of 1626 CE
- China, Shanxi Province · Mw 7.1 · 5,200 deaths
- Italy, Napoli (Naples)
- Slovenia · Mw 4.5
- SE Mediterranean area · Mw 7.09
- Italy · Mw 6.07
- Italy · Mw 5.1
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 1626 Girifalco earthquake (Mw 6.1) (1626 CE) happen?
- April 4, 1626 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.