- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 30, 1531 CE
- Location:
- Spain
- Magnitude:
- 6.06 Mw
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 6.06
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- AHEAD: Mw 6.17
Other earthquake records of 1531 CE
- Portugal, Lisbon · Ms 7.7 · 30,000 deaths
- Spain, Baza · 400 deaths
- Romania · Mw 3.53
- Portugal · Mw 6.9
- Netherlands · Mw 5.05
- 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 1531 Spain earthquake (Mw 6.1) (1531 CE) happen?
- September 30, 1531 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.