- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 16, 1601 CE
- Location:
- Albania
- Magnitude:
- 6.66 Mw
- Depth:
- 33 km
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 6.66
- AHEAD: Mw 6.26
Other earthquake records of 1601 CE
- Switzerland · Mw 6.2 · 9 deaths
- Austria · Mw 4.91
- Switzerland · Mw 5.9
- France · Mw 4
- Italy · Mw 4.16
- Philippines, Manila
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 1601 Albania earthquake (Mw 6.7) (1601 CE) happen?
- April 16, 1601 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.