- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 1, 1580 CE
- Location:
- Dover Straits
- Magnitude:
- 3.66 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 3.66
- NOAA_SIGEQ: ML 5.8
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.55
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.01
- AHEAD: Mw 5.54
Other earthquake records of 1580 CE
- United Kingdom, Dover Straits · ML 5.8
- United Kingdom and adjacent waters · Mw 5.55
- United Kingdom and adjacent waters · Mw 4.01
- Hungary · Mw 3.53
- Romania · Mw 4.7
- Romania · Mw 4.7
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 1580 Dover Straits earthquake (Mw 3.7) (1580 CE) happen?
- May 1, 1580 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.
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