- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 8, 1594 CE
- Location:
- Limagne (Riom)
- Magnitude:
- 3.8 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 3.8
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.8
Other earthquake records of 1594 CE
- Peru, Ica · 40 deaths
- El Salvador, San Salvador · 13 deaths
- Romania · Mw 5.33
- France · Mw 3.8
- Italy · Mw 4.16
- Ferrara · Mw 4.2
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 1594 LIMAGNE (RIOM) earthquake (Mw 3.8) (1594 CE) happen?
- May 8, 1594 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.
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