- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 25, 1551 CE
- Location:
- Dorking
- Magnitude:
- 3.74 Mw
- Depth:
- 18 km
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 3.74
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.93
Other earthquake records of 1551 CE
- Portugal, Lisbon · 2,000 deaths
- China, Guizhou Province: Qinglong · Ms 5
- Albania · Mw 6.66
- United Kingdom and adjacent waters · Mw 4.93
- Italy · Mw 4.4
- Firenze · Mw 4.43
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 1551 Dorking earthquake (Mw 3.7) (1551 CE) happen?
- May 25, 1551 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.