- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 28, 1151 CE
- Location:
- SE Mediterranean area
- Magnitude:
- 5.9 Mw
- Depth:
- 12 km
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):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.9
- NOAA_SIGEQ: M 6.2
Other earthquake records of 1151 CE
- Portugal, Lisbon · 1,000 deaths
- Syria, Busra · M 6.2
- Turkey · Mw 4.83
Source: Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001 · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1151 SE Mediterranean area earthquake (Mw 5.9) (1151 CE) happen?
- September 28, 1151 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.