- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March, 1631 CE
- Location:
- Hungary
- Magnitude:
- 3.53 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 3.53
- AHEAD: Mw 3.8
Other earthquake records of 1631 CE
- Italy, Naples (Napoli) · 4,000 deaths
- China, Ningxia · Ms 5
- China, Hunan Province · Ms 6.5
- China, Gansu Province: Lintao · Ms 6
- Italy · Mw 5.1
- Ethiopia · M 5.7
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 1631 Hungary earthquake (Mw 3.5) (1631 CE) happen?
- March, 1631 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.
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