- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 18, 1493 CE
- Location:
- Kos
- Magnitude:
- 6.94 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 6.94
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.8
Other earthquake records of 1493 CE
- Iran, Nowzad-Mask · Ms 7
- Greece, Dodecanese Islands
- Greece · Mw 6.8
- Italy · Mw 4.16
- Friuli · Mw 4.2
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 1493 Kos earthquake (Mw 6.9) (1493 CE) happen?
- October 18, 1493 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.