- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March, 1660 CE
- Location:
- Greece
- Magnitude:
- 6.4 Mw
- Depth:
- 0 km
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 6.4
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- AHEAD: Mw 6.28
Other earthquake records of 1660 CE
- Greece, Galaxidi · 2 deaths
- Italy, Modena
- France, Bagneres De Bigorre, Lourdes, Bordeaux
- Ecuador · M 7.7
- Morocco · Mw 5.2
- Morocco, Melilla
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 1660 Greece earthquake (Mw 6.4) (1660 CE) happen?
- March, 1660 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.