- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 14, 1546 CE
- Location:
- SE Mediterranean area
- Magnitude:
- 6.06 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 6.06
- NOAA_SIGEQ: M 7
Other earthquake records of 1546 CE
- Israel, Nabulus, Salt, Jordan: Al-Karak · M 7
- France · Mw 4.5
- Gaillacois ? · Mw 3.98
- Chios · Mw 5.99
- Greece · Mw 6.3
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 1546 SE Mediterranean area earthquake (Mw 6.1) (1546 CE) happen?
- January 14, 1546 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.