- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 7, 1789 CE
- Location:
- Calabria meridionale
- 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 1789 CE
- Italy, Citta Di Castello, Sansepolcro · 500 deaths
- China, Shaanxi Province: Tongguan · Ms 5
- Brazil, Cananeia · Mb 3.7
- Germany · Mw 3.81
- Serbia / Montenegro · Mw 5.61
- China, Yunnan Province: Tonghai, Huaning · Ms 6.5
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 1789 Calabria meridionale earthquake (Mw 5.1) (1789 CE) happen?
- February 7, 1789 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.