- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 23, 1557 CE
- Location:
- L'Aquila
- 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 1557 CE
- Italy · Mw 4.16
- Switzerland · Mw 4.3
- Italy · Mw 3.5
- 82 Balk.reg. · Mw 6.07
- Istanbul
- Ischia · Mw 3.5
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 1557 L'Aquila earthquake (Mw 4.2) (1557 CE) happen?
- April 23, 1557 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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