- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 26, 1598 CE
- Location:
- Spain
- Magnitude:
- 5.46 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 5.46
- AHEAD: Mw 5.62
Other earthquake records of 1598 CE
- Turkey, Amasya, Corum · 60,000 deaths
- Portugal · Mw 3.96
- Romania · Mw 5.87
- Romania · Mw 6.5
- Germany · Mw 4.61
- Portugal, Monte Santo, Lisbon
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 1598 Spain earthquake (Mw 5.5) (1598 CE) happen?
- December 26, 1598 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.