- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 22, 1522 CE
- Location:
- East Atlantic Ocean and the Canaries
- Magnitude:
- 6.96 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 6.96
- NOAA_SIGEQ
Other earthquake records of 1522 CE
- Azores, Sao Miguel Island · 5,000 deaths
- Spain, Almeria, Morocco: Fez · 1,000 deaths
- Italy · Mw 3.7
- Spain · Mw 6.5
- Italy · Mw 4.71
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
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 1522 East Atlantic Ocean and the Canaries earthquake (Mw 7.0) (1522 CE) happen?
- October 22, 1522 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.