- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 1, 1490 CE
- Location:
- Limagne (Riom)
- Magnitude:
- 5.82 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 5.82
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.1
Other earthquake records of 1490 CE
- Ireland, Sligo, Mayo · 100 deaths
- Uzbekistan, Samarkand · M 5.8
- Greece, Dodecanese Islands
- France · Mw 6.1
- Italy · Mw 5.1
- Alcara li Fusi · Mw 5.16
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 1490 LIMAGNE (RIOM) earthquake (Mw 5.8) (1490 CE) happen?
- March 1, 1490 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.