- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 13, 1549 CE
- Location:
- Alpi Marittime
- Magnitude:
- 4.35 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 4.35
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.37
Other earthquake records of 1549 CE
- Iran, Qayen (Qain), Khorasan · 3,000 deaths
- Italy · Mw 4.16
- Italy · Mw 4.86
- Italy · Mw 4.37
- Slovakia · Mw 3.6
- Italy · Mw 4.86
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 1549 Alpi Marittime earthquake (Mw 4.3) (1549 CE) happen?
- May 13, 1549 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.