- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- November 30, 1542 CE
- Location:
- Val di Noto
- Magnitude:
- 4.2 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 4.2
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.6
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.16
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.68
- AHEAD: Mw 6.7
Other earthquake records of 1542 CE
- Turkey, Istanbul (Constantinople) · 4,500 deaths
- Italy, Scarperia · 113 deaths
- Uruguay · 14 deaths
- Italy, Siracusa, Militello, Catania, Nocosia · Mw 6.6
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Mexico, Mexico City
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 1542 Val di Noto earthquake (Mw 4.2) (1542 CE) happen?
- November 30, 1542 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.