- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 14, 1666 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 4.16 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 4.16
- AHEAD: Mw 4.2
Other earthquake records of 1666 CE
- Japan, Takata · 1,500 deaths
- Tokaido, Japan · Ms 6.4
- Brazil, Salvador
- Romania · Mw 6.1
- Switzerland · Mw 3.5
- Iraq, Al-Mawsil, Armenia
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 1666 Italy earthquake (Mw 4.2) (1666 CE) happen?
- April 14, 1666 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.