- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- 1596 CE
- Location:
- Aguilas
- 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 4.56
Other earthquake records of 1596 CE
- Japan, Beppu Bay · Ms 6.9 · 708 deaths
- Romania · Mw 5.76
- Spain · Mw 4.56
- Lviv · Mw 3.8
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 1596 Aguilas earthquake (Mw 4.8) (1596 CE) happen?
- 1596 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.