- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 25, 1588 CE
- Location:
- Val D'anjou (Angers)
- Magnitude:
- 4.78 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 4.78
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.3
Other earthquake records of 1588 CE
- Iran, Shiraz
- China, Yunnan Province: Tonghai, Qujiang · Ms 6
- Myanmar (Burma), Pegu
- SE Mediterranean area · Mw 7.01
- France · Mw 5.3
- SE Mediterranean area · Mw 5.17
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 1588 VAL D'ANJOU (ANGERS) earthquake (Mw 4.8) (1588 CE) happen?
- March 25, 1588 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.