- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 15, 1773 CE
- Location:
- Almyros
- Magnitude:
- 6.15 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 6.15
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.4
Other earthquake records of 1773 CE
- Guatemala, St. Jago · 600 deaths
- Guatemala, Antigua · M 7.5 · 100 deaths
- Italy · Mw 4.86
- Greece · Mw 6.4
- France · Mw 3.6
- Morocco, Tangiers
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 1773 Almyros earthquake (Mw 6.2) (1773 CE) happen?
- March 15, 1773 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.