- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 16, 1521 CE
- Location:
- Zakynthos
- Magnitude:
- 6.3 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 6.3
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.3
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.3
Other earthquake records of 1521 CE
- Greece, Zakinthos (Zante) · Mw 6.3 · 3 deaths
- Greece · Mw 6.3
- Serbia / Montenegro · Mw 5.61
- Bresciano
- Nándorfehérvár · Mw 5.11
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 1521 Zakynthos earthquake (Mw 6.3) (1521 CE) happen?
- August 16, 1521 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.