- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 19, 1561 CE
- Location:
- Italy, Vallo Di Diano
- Intensity (MMI):
- 10
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.34
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.56
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.72
- AHEAD: Mw 6.75
Other earthquake records of 1561 CE
- China, Ningxia: E Of Zhongwei · Ms 7.3 · 1,001 deaths
- Italy, Picerno, Tito, Buccino · 600 deaths
- Italy · Mw 5.56
- Italy · Mw 6.34
- Hungary · Mw 5.33
- China, Shaanxi, Gansu, And Shanxi Provinces
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1561 CE Earthquake — Italy, Vallo Di Diano happen?
- August 19, 1561 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.