- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- July 26, 1790 CE
- Location:
- Garfagnana
- Magnitude:
- 5.11 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 5.11
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.1
Other earthquake records of 1790 CE
- Algeria, Oran, Spain: Cartagena, Santa Fe · 3,000 deaths
- Russia, Near Kamchatka · M 7.5
- Portugal · Mw 3.66
- Romania · Mw 7.1
- Spain · Mw 3.96
- Italy · Mw 5.1
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 1790 Garfagnana earthquake (Mw 5.1) (1790 CE) happen?
- July 26, 1790 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.