- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 15, 1590 CE
- Location:
- Austria
- Magnitude:
- 5.84 Mw
- Depth:
- 4 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.84
- NOAA_SIGEQ: M 6.6
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.93
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.96
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.18
- AHEAD: Mw 3.8
Other earthquake records of 1590 CE
- China, Gansu Province · Ms 5.5
- Balkans Nw, Croatia: Senj
- Ecuador, Quito
- Balkans Nw, Croatia: Zagreb, Hungary: Nagykanizsa
- Austria, Kamp River · M 6.6
- Peru, Cusco, Camana · Ms 7.7
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 1590 Austria earthquake (Mw 5.8) (1590 CE) happen?
- September 15, 1590 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.