- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- November 22, 1590 CE
- Location:
- Brassó
- Magnitude:
- 4.46 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 4.46
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.53
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.53
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.3
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.1
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.1
Other earthquake records of 1590 CE
- China, Gansu Province · Ms 5.5
- Balkans Nw, Croatia: Senj
- Ecuador, Quito
- Balkans Nw, Croatia: Zagreb, Hungary: Nagykanizsa
- Austria, Kamp River · M 6.6
- Peru, Cusco, Camana · Ms 7.7
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 1590 Brassó earthquake (Mw 4.5) (1590 CE) happen?
- November 22, 1590 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.