- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 12, 1586 CE
- Location:
- Parmense
- Magnitude:
- 4.2 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 4.2
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.16
Other earthquake records of 1586 CE
- Japan, Ise Bay · Ms 8.2 · 8,000 deaths
- Peru, Lima · M 8.5 · 22 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province: Weishan · Ms 5.5 · 20 deaths
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Slovakia · Mw 4.6
- Albula-Piz Err · Mw 3.9
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 1586 Parmense earthquake (Mw 4.2) (1586 CE) happen?
- January 12, 1586 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.