- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- July 20, 1609 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 5.8 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.8
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- AHEAD: Mw 5.8
Other earthquake records of 1609 CE
- China, Gansu: Jiuquan · Ms 7.3 · 840 deaths
- Peru · M 8.6
- Greece, Rhodes · Ms 7.2
- France · Mw 4.7
- Greece · Mw 7.2
- Italy · Mw 4.4
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 1609 Italy earthquake (Mw 5.8) (1609 CE) happen?
- July 20, 1609 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.