- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 10, 1536 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 4.63 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 4.63
- AHEAD: Mw 4.65
Other earthquake records of 1536 CE
- China, Sichuan: N Of Xichang · Ms 7.3
- Italy · Mw 4.86
- Italy · Mw 5.12
- Appennino tosco-emiliano? · Mw 5.16
- Genova · Mw 4.65
- Campi Flegrei · Mw 3.12
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 1536 Italy earthquake (Mw 4.6) (1536 CE) happen?
- August 10, 1536 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.