- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 1, 1585 CE
- Location:
- West Hungary
- Magnitude:
- 4.93 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 4.93
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.68
Other earthquake records of 1585 CE
- Greece, Mount Athos · Mw 7
- Austria · Mw 5.68
- Greece · Mw 7
- Athos · Mw 7.06
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 1585 West Hungary earthquake (Mw 4.9) (1585 CE) happen?
- January 1, 1585 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.