- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 1, 1551 CE
- Location:
- Albania
- Magnitude:
- 6.66 Mw
- Depth:
- 33 km
Other earthquake records of 1551 CE
- Portugal, Lisbon · 2,000 deaths
- China, Guizhou Province: Qinglong · Ms 5
- United Kingdom and adjacent waters · Mw 4.93
- Italy · Mw 4.4
- Firenze · Mw 4.43
- Dorking · Mw 3.74
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 1551 Albania earthquake (Mw 6.7) (1551 CE) happen?
- March 1, 1551 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.