- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 8, 1797 CE
- Location:
- Plaine Du Roussillon (Ille-Sur-Tet)
- Magnitude:
- 3.86 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):
- AHEAD: Mw 3.86
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.6
Other earthquake records of 1797 CE
- Ecuador, Riobamba, Quito, Cuzco, Peru, Colombia · Ms 8.3 · 40,000 deaths
- Venezuela, Cumana, Cariaco · 16,000 deaths
- Sw. Sumatra · Ms 8 · 300 deaths
- United Kingdom and adjacent waters · Mw 3.53
- France · Mw 4.5
- Ukraine · Mw 3.93
Source: Albini, P., Locati, M., Rovida, A. & Stucchi, M. (2013): European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD), INGV, doi:10.6092/ingv.it-ahead · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1797 PLAINE DU ROUSSILLON (ILLE-SUR-TET) earthquake (Mw 3.9) (1797 CE) happen?
- September 8, 1797 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Albini, P., Locati, M., Rovida, A. & Stucchi, M. (2013): European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD), INGV, doi:10.6092/ingv.it-ahead; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.