- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 7, 1602 CE
- Location:
- Fennoscandia, Baltics, Kola Peninsula and adjacent waters
- Magnitude:
- 4.15 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 4.15
- AHEAD: Mw 4.46
Other earthquake records of 1602 CE
- Japan, Boso · Ms 7.2
- Tallinn · Mw 4.46
- Unterwalden · Mw 3.2
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 1602 Fennoscandia, Baltics, Kola Peninsula and adjacent waters earthquake (Mw 4.2) (1602 CE) happen?
- October 7, 1602 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.