- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- July 20, 1564 CE
- Location:
- Alpi Marittime
- Magnitude:
- 5.51 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 5.51
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 5.8
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.5
Other earthquake records of 1564 CE
- France, Corsica, La Bollene-Vesubie, Venanson · Ms 5.8 · 650 deaths
- Dominican Republic, Concepcion De La Vega
- France · Mw 5.5
- Greece · Mw 6.4
- Athos · Mw 6.4
- Campi Flegrei · Mw 3.12
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 1564 Alpi Marittime earthquake (Mw 5.5) (1564 CE) happen?
- July 20, 1564 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.