- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 21, 1793 CE
- Location:
- Afrile
- Magnitude:
- 5.34 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 5.34
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.33
Other earthquake records of 1793 CE
- Japan, Sanriku, Rikuzen, Rikuchu · Ms 8.3 · 745 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province: Near Qianning · Ms 6 · 200 deaths
- Japan, Aomori · Ms 6.9 · 12 deaths
- Italy · Mw 5.33
- Azores, Flores
- Haiti, Santo Domingo (St Domingue)
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 1793 Afrile earthquake (Mw 5.3) (1793 CE) happen?
- April 21, 1793 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.