- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 26, 1531 CE
- Location:
- Lisbon
- Magnitude:
- 6.7 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 6.7
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.9
Other earthquake records of 1531 CE
- Portugal, Lisbon · Ms 7.7 · 30,000 deaths
- Spain, Baza · 400 deaths
- Romania · Mw 3.53
- Portugal · Mw 6.9
- Netherlands · Mw 5.05
- Spain · Mw 6.06
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 1531 Lisbon earthquake (Mw 6.7) (1531 CE) happen?
- January 26, 1531 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.