- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 1, 1458 CE
- Location:
- Città di Castello
- Magnitude:
- 4.65 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
Other earthquake records of 1458 CE
- Turkey, Erzincan, Erzurum · 32,000 deaths
- Israel, Palestine: Jordan: Al-Karak (Karak) · 100 deaths
- Italy · Mw 5.8
- Italy · Mw 4.63
- Italy · Mw 4.4
- SE Mediterranean area · Mw 6.93
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 1458 Città di Castello earthquake (Mw 4.7) (1458 CE) happen?
- May 1, 1458 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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