- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 21, 1554 CE
- Location:
- Limbourg (N. Genk ?)
- Magnitude:
- 3.89 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 3.89
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.69
Other earthquake records of 1554 CE
- Belgium and Luxembourg · Mw 4.69
- Greece · Mw 6.3
- Romania · Mw 3.53
- Italy · Mw 4.86
- Firenze · Mw 4.88
- Brasso · Mw 3.8
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 1554 LIMBOURG (N. GENK ?) earthquake (Mw 3.9) (1554 CE) happen?
- March 21, 1554 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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