- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 24, 1679 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 4.86 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 4.86
- AHEAD: Mw 4.88
Other earthquake records of 1679 CE
- China, Hebei Province · Ms 8 · 13,162 deaths
- Turkey / Armenia, Dvina · M 5.9 · 7,600 deaths
- Yemen, Al Mukha
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Caucasus · Mw 6.06
- Romania · Mw 7.5
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 1679 Italy earthquake (Mw 4.9) (1679 CE) happen?
- March 24, 1679 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.