- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- July 30, 1627 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 6.66 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.66
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.8
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.03
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.8
- AHEAD: Mw 5.8
Other earthquake records of 1627 CE
- Italy, Lesina · Ms 6.7 · 5,000 deaths
- Philippines, W. Luzon Island: Cagayan: Bangui · Ms 7.5
- China, Ningxia · Ms 6
- France · Mw 3.6
- Italy · Mw 5.8
- Ecuador, Quito
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 1627 Italy earthquake (Mw 6.7) (1627 CE) happen?
- July 30, 1627 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.