- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 9, 1349 CE
- Location:
- Molise
- Magnitude:
- 6.82 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):
- AHEAD: Mw 6.82
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.4
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.8
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.27
- AHEAD: Mw 6.34
Other earthquake records of 1349 CE
- Italy, L'aquila, Abruzzi, Sannio · 2,000 deaths
- Italy · Mw 4.4
- Italy · Mw 6.8
- Italy · Mw 6.27
- Viterbese-Umbria
- Aquilano · Mw 6.34
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 1349 Molise earthquake (Mw 6.8) (1349 CE) happen?
- September 9, 1349 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.