- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- June 25, 1522 CE
- Location:
- Plateau Meridional (Le Grand-Pressigny ?)
- Magnitude:
- 4.6 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 4.6
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.8
Other earthquake records of 1522 CE
- Azores, Sao Miguel Island · 5,000 deaths
- Spain, Almeria, Morocco: Fez · 1,000 deaths
- Italy · Mw 3.7
- Spain · Mw 6.5
- Italy · Mw 4.71
- East Atlantic Ocean and the Canaries · Mw 6.96
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 1522 PLATEAU MERIDIONAL (LE GRAND-PRESSIGNY ?) earthquake (Mw 4.6) (1522 CE) happen?
- June 25, 1522 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.