- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 11, 1487 CE
- Location:
- Ferrara
- Magnitude:
- 3.74 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 3.74
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.7
Other earthquake records of 1487 CE
- China, Shaanxi Province: Lintong, Xianyang · Ms 6.3 · 1,900 deaths
- Italy · Mw 3.7
- Spain · Mw 5.8
- Almería · Mw 5.9
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 1487 Ferrara earthquake (Mw 3.7) (1487 CE) happen?
- January 11, 1487 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.