- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 13, 1791 CE
- Location:
- Calabria centrale
- Magnitude:
- 6.11 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 6.11
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.14
Other earthquake records of 1791 CE
- Greece, Zante, Gastuni · Ms 7 · 80 deaths
- Italy, Monteleone, Soriano Calabro, Capri · 15 deaths
- Iran, Khot, Tabriz, Rezaiyeh, Khaneh, Van, Erzerum
- Russia, Kamchatka · Ms 6.8
- Japan, Osaka Bay · Ms 6.5
- Morocco, Melilla
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 1791 Calabria centrale earthquake (Mw 6.1) (1791 CE) happen?
- October 13, 1791 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.