- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 29, 1508 CE
- Location:
- Greece
- Magnitude:
- 7.2 Mw
- Depth:
- 0 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.2
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- AHEAD: Mw 7.13
Other earthquake records of 1508 CE
- Greece, Crete: Iraklion (Candia), Megalokastron · 300 deaths
- Italy · Mw 3.88
- Italy · Mw 3.7
- Italy · Mw 4.16
- Ferrarese · Mw 4.2
- Ferrarese · Mw 3.74
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 1508 Greece earthquake (Mw 7.2) (1508 CE) happen?
- May 29, 1508 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.