- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 4, 1201 CE
- Location:
- Austria
- Magnitude:
- 6.6 Mw
- Depth:
- 8 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 6.6
- AHEAD: Mw 5.2
Other earthquake records of 1201 CE
- Balkans Nw, Slovenia: Styria
- Somerset · Mw 3.5
- Carinthia · Mw 5.2
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 1201 Austria earthquake (Mw 6.6) (1201 CE) happen?
- May 4, 1201 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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