- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- June 5, 1615 CE
- Location:
- Ukraine
- Magnitude:
- 6.2 Mw
- Depth:
- 16 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 6.2
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 5.7
Other earthquake records of 1615 CE
- Japan · M 6.4
- Puerto Rico / Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
- Chile, Arica · M 7.5
- Ukraine, Black Sea · Ms 5.7
- Ghana, Elmina
- Slovakia · Mw 4.1
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 1615 Ukraine earthquake (Mw 6.2) (1615 CE) happen?
- June 5, 1615 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.