1357 Spain earthquake (Mw 5.8) (1357 CE)

Earthquake · Spain · May 14, 1357 CE

Type:
Earthquake
Date:
May 14, 1357 CE
Location:
Spain
Magnitude:
5.76 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 5.76
  • AHEAD: Mw 6.1

Other earthquake records of 1357 CE

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 1357 Spain earthquake (Mw 5.8) (1357 CE) happen?
May 14, 1357 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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