- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 3, 1594 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 4.16 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 4.16
- AHEAD: Mw 4.2
Other earthquake records of 1594 CE
- Peru, Ica · 40 deaths
- El Salvador, San Salvador · 13 deaths
- Romania · Mw 5.33
- France · Mw 3.8
- Ferrara · Mw 4.2
- Limagne (Riom) · Mw 3.8
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 1594 Italy earthquake (Mw 4.2) (1594 CE) happen?
- October 3, 1594 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.
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