- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- July 3, 1555 CE
- Location:
- North Macedonia
- Magnitude:
- 6.07 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 6.07
- AHEAD: Mw 6.42
Other earthquake records of 1555 CE
- Balkans Nw, Macedonia: Razlovci
- Peru · M 8.4
- India, Kashmir: Srinagar · Mw 7.6
- Greece, Zakynthos
- Macedonia · Mw 6.42
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 1555 North Macedonia earthquake (Mw 6.1) (1555 CE) happen?
- July 3, 1555 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.