- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- November 16, 1553 CE
- Location:
- Lindau
- Magnitude:
- 3.71 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 3.71
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.9
Other earthquake records of 1553 CE
- South Korea, Kyongsang-Do · M 6.3
- Germany · Mw 4.61
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Torgau · Mw 4.35
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 1553 Lindau earthquake (Mw 3.7) (1553 CE) happen?
- November 16, 1553 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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