- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- 1521 CE
- Location:
- Serbia / Montenegro
- Magnitude:
- 5.61 Mw
- Depth:
- 24 km
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 5.61
- AHEAD: Mw 5.11
Other earthquake records of 1521 CE
- Greece, Zakinthos (Zante) · Mw 6.3 · 3 deaths
- Greece · Mw 6.3
- Zakynthos · Mw 6.3
- Bresciano
- Nándorfehérvár · Mw 5.11
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 1521 Serbia / Montenegro earthquake (Mw 5.6) (1521 CE) happen?
- 1521 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.