- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- 1582 CE
- Location:
- Alcalá la Real
- Magnitude:
- 5.21 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 5.21
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.86
Other earthquake records of 1582 CE
- Peru, Socabaya, Arequipa · Ms 8.2 · 35 deaths
- Peru · M 7.8
- Bolivia, La Paz
- Italy · Mw 3.63
- Italy · Mw 3.88
- Spain · Mw 4.86
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 1582 Alcalá la Real earthquake (Mw 5.2) (1582 CE) happen?
- 1582 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.