- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- 1609 CE
- Location:
- Valdelsa
- Magnitude:
- 4.43 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 4.43
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.4
Other earthquake records of 1609 CE
- China, Gansu: Jiuquan · Ms 7.3 · 840 deaths
- Peru · M 8.6
- Greece, Rhodes · Ms 7.2
- France · Mw 4.7
- Greece · Mw 7.2
- Italy · Mw 5.8
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 1609 Valdelsa earthquake (Mw 4.4) (1609 CE) happen?
- 1609 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.