- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 30, 1279 CE
- Location:
- Rocca San Casciano
- Magnitude:
- 5.53 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 5.53
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.2
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.52
Other earthquake records of 1279 CE
- Italy, Forli, Spoleto, Romagna, Marche, Bologna · Mw 6.2
- Italy · Mw 6.2
- Italy · Mw 5.52
- Outre-Foret (Wissembourg) · Mw 3.39
- Camerino · Mw 6.23
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 1279 Rocca San Casciano earthquake (Mw 5.5) (1279 CE) happen?
- April 30, 1279 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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