- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- 1546 CE
- Location:
- Chios
- Magnitude:
- 5.99 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 5.99
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.3
Other earthquake records of 1546 CE
- Israel, Nabulus, Salt, Jordan: Al-Karak · M 7
- SE Mediterranean area · Mw 6.06
- France · Mw 4.5
- Gaillacois ? · Mw 3.98
- Greece · Mw 6.3
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 1546 Chios earthquake (Mw 6.0) (1546 CE) happen?
- 1546 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.