- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 30, 1579 CE
- Location:
- Spain
- Magnitude:
- 5.16 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 5.16
- AHEAD: Mw 5.35
Other earthquake records of 1579 CE
- China, Yunnan Province: Baoshan · Ms 5 · 10 deaths
- Cano Island
- France · Mw 6
- France · Mw 4.1
- Italy · Mw 4.4
- Monts D'ambazac (Grandmont) · Mw 4.12
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 1579 Spain earthquake (Mw 5.2) (1579 CE) happen?
- January 30, 1579 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.