- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 25, 1551 CE
- Location:
- United Kingdom and adjacent waters
- Magnitude:
- 4.93 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 4.93
- AHEAD: Mw 3.74
Other earthquake records of 1551 CE
- Portugal, Lisbon · 2,000 deaths
- China, Guizhou Province: Qinglong · Ms 5
- Albania · Mw 6.66
- 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 United Kingdom and adjacent waters earthquake (Mw 4.9) (1551 CE) happen?
- May 25, 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.