- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- July 20, 1564 CE
- Location:
- France
- Magnitude:
- 5.5 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 5.8
- AHEAD: Mw 5.51
Other earthquake records of 1564 CE
- France, Corsica, La Bollene-Vesubie, Venanson · Ms 5.8 · 650 deaths
- Dominican Republic, Concepcion De La Vega
- Greece · Mw 6.4
- Athos · Mw 6.4
- Alpi Marittime · Mw 5.51
- 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 1564 France earthquake (Mw 5.5) (1564 CE) happen?
- July 20, 1564 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.