- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 16, 1598 CE
- Location:
- Gera
- Magnitude:
- 4.79 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 4.79
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.61
Other earthquake records of 1598 CE
- Turkey, Amasya, Corum · 60,000 deaths
- Portugal · Mw 3.96
- Romania · Mw 5.87
- Romania · Mw 6.5
- Germany · Mw 4.61
- Portugal, Monte Santo, Lisbon
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 1598 GERA earthquake (Mw 4.8) (1598 CE) happen?
- December 16, 1598 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.