- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 8, 1512 CE
- Location:
- Chiavenna
- Magnitude:
- 4.59 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 4.59
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.63
Other earthquake records of 1512 CE
- Switzerland
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6.5
- Italy · Mw 4.63
- France · Mw 3.6
- Verona · Mw 3.87
- Venezia
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 1512 Chiavenna earthquake (Mw 4.6) (1512 CE) happen?
- February 8, 1512 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.
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