- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 2, 1157 CE
- Location:
- SE Mediterranean area
- Magnitude:
- 5.53 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 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 5.98
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.01
Other earthquake records of 1157 CE
- Syria, Halab (Aleppo) · 80,000 deaths
- SE Mediterranean area · Mw 5.98
- SE Mediterranean area · Mw 7.01
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 1157 SE Mediterranean area earthquake (Mw 5.5) (1157 CE) happen?
- April 2, 1157 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.
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