- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October, 1780 CE
- Location:
- Hierapetra
- Magnitude:
- 6.79 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 6.79
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.8
Other earthquake records of 1780 CE
- Iran, Tabriz · M 7.7 · 50,000 deaths
- Jamaica, Savanna La Mar · 300 deaths
- Russia, Kuril Islands · Ms 7.5 · 12 deaths
- Caucasus · Mw 6.91
- Greece, Crete
- Balkans Nw, Montenegro
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 1780 Hierapetra earthquake (Mw 6.8) (1780 CE) happen?
- October, 1780 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.