- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 30, 1776 CE
- Location:
- Marais Poitevin (Lucon)
- Magnitude:
- 4.16 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 4.16
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.5
Other earthquake records of 1776 CE
- Mexico, Guerrero, Morelos, Oaxaca, Mexico City
- Taiwan, Jiayi, Kagi · Ms 5.5
- El Salvador · M 7.9
- Spain · Mw 5.76
- Croatia · Mw 4.91
- Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico: W
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 1776 MARAIS POITEVIN (LUCON) earthquake (Mw 4.2) (1776 CE) happen?
- April 30, 1776 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.