- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 24, 1356 CE
- Location:
- SW Cabo San Vicente
- Magnitude:
- 7.5 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 7.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.7
Other earthquake records of 1356 CE
- Switzerland, Basel · 300 deaths
- Albania · Mw 6.36
- Portugal · Mw 6.7
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Portugal, Lisbon, Spain: Sevilla, Cordova
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 1356 SW Cabo San Vicente earthquake (Mw 7.5) (1356 CE) happen?
- August 24, 1356 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.