- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 9, 1349 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 6.8 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.8
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.4
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.27
- AHEAD: Mw 6.34
- AHEAD
Other earthquake records of 1349 CE
- Italy, L'aquila, Abruzzi, Sannio · 2,000 deaths
- Italy · Mw 4.4
- Italy · Mw 6.27
- Viterbese-Umbria
- Aquilano · Mw 6.34
- Abruzzo
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 1349 Italy earthquake (Mw 6.8) (1349 CE) happen?
- September 9, 1349 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.