- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 31, 1646 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 6.72 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.72
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- AHEAD: Mw 6.76
Other earthquake records of 1646 CE
- Italy, Gargano
- Japan, Sanriku: Sendai · Ms 7.6
- Turkey, Istanbul (Constantinople)
- Italy, Ligurian Coast · Ms 5.2
- Indonesia, Maluku: Makjan (Maklan)
- Turkey, Van
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 1646 Italy earthquake (Mw 6.7) (1646 CE) happen?
- May 31, 1646 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.