- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 30, 1456 CE
- Location:
- Napoletano
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.19
- AHEAD: Mw 7.2
Other earthquake records of 1456 CE
- Italy, Avellino, Napoli, Abruzzi, Brindisi, Benevento · 30,000 deaths
- Turkey, Erzincan
- Serbia / Montenegro · Mw 6.48
- Greece · Mw 6.2
- Italy · Mw 7.19
- Italy · Mw 4.4
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 1456 Napoletano earthquake (deprem) (1456 CE) happen?
- December 30, 1456 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.