- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- 1169 CE
- Location:
- Andújar
- Magnitude:
- 5.85 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 5.85
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.06
Other earthquake records of 1169 CE
- Syria, Halab (Aleppo), Dimashq (Damascus) · 80,000 deaths
- Italy, Sicily: Siracusa (Syracuse), Calabria · 16,000 deaths
- Spain · Mw 6.06
- Italy · Mw 6.5
- France · Mw 4.3
- Angers · Mw 4.67
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 1169 Andújar earthquake (Mw 5.8) (1169 CE) happen?
- 1169 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.