- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 11, 1222 CE
- Location:
- Cyprus
- Magnitude:
- 6.77 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):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.77
- NOAA_SIGEQ
Other earthquake records of 1222 CE
- Italy, Brescia · 12,000 deaths
- Cyprus
- Italy · Mw 5.68
- Basso bresciano · Mw 5.74
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 1222 Cyprus earthquake (Mw 6.8) (1222 CE) happen?
- May 11, 1222 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.