- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 6, 1608 CE
- Location:
- Reggio Emilia
- 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 1608 CE
- Iran, Gilan, W Mazandaran · Ms 7.6 · 3,000 deaths
- Balkans Nw, Montenegro
- Balkans Nw, Montenegro
- Balkans Nw, Macedonia
- Italy · Mw 4.4
- Mexico, Oaxaca
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 1608 Reggio Emilia earthquake (Mw 4.4) (1608 CE) happen?
- January 6, 1608 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.