- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 13, 1156 CE
- Location:
- SE Mediterranean area
- 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):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.53
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.02
Other earthquake records of 1156 CE
- Syria, Halab (Aleppo), Malatich · 2,000 deaths
- Turkey · Mw 7.4
- SE Mediterranean area · Mw 6.02
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 1156 SE Mediterranean area earthquake (Mw 5.5) (1156 CE) happen?
- October 13, 1156 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.