- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 21, 1626 CE
- Location:
- SE Mediterranean area
- Magnitude:
- 7.09 Mw
- Depth:
- 20 km
Other earthquake records of 1626 CE
- China, Shanxi Province · Mw 7.1 · 5,200 deaths
- Italy, Napoli (Naples)
- Slovenia · Mw 4.5
- Italy · Mw 6.07
- Italy · Mw 5.1
- Fennoscandia, Baltics, Kola Peninsula and adjacent waters · Mw 4.34
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 1626 SE Mediterranean area earthquake (Mw 7.1) (1626 CE) happen?
- January 21, 1626 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.