- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 17, 1536 CE
- Location:
- Appennino tosco-emiliano?
- Magnitude:
- 5.16 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 5.16
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.12
Other earthquake records of 1536 CE
- China, Sichuan: N Of Xichang · Ms 7.3
- Italy · Mw 4.86
- Italy · Mw 4.63
- Italy · Mw 5.12
- Genova · Mw 4.65
- Campi Flegrei · Mw 3.12
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 1536 Appennino tosco-emiliano? earthquake (Mw 5.2) (1536 CE) happen?
- August 17, 1536 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.