- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 30, 1279 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 6.2 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 6.2
- AHEAD: Mw 6.23
Other earthquake records of 1279 CE
- Italy, Forli, Spoleto, Romagna, Marche, Bologna · Mw 6.2
- Italy · Mw 5.52
- Outre-Foret (Wissembourg) · Mw 3.39
- Camerino · Mw 6.23
- Rocca San Casciano · Mw 5.53
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 1279 Italy earthquake (Mw 6.2) (1279 CE) happen?
- April 30, 1279 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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