- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 15, 1611 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 4.4 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 4.4
- AHEAD: Mw 4.35
Other earthquake records of 1611 CE
- Japan, Sanriku · Ms 8.1 · 5,000 deaths
- Japan, Aidu · 3,700 deaths
- China, Guangdong Province · Ms 5.5 · 2 deaths
- Italy · Mw 5.1
- Scarperia · Mw 5.11
- Luserna · Mw 4.35
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 1611 Italy earthquake (Mw 4.4) (1611 CE) happen?
- January 15, 1611 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.