- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 9, 1772 CE
- Location:
- Gatine (Parthenay)
- Magnitude:
- 5.02 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
Other earthquake records of 1772 CE
- France, Clansayes, St Raphael
- Japan, Sanriku, Rikuzen, Rikuchu · M 7.4
- Turkey, Foca
- Portugal, Lisbon
- Kola Peninsula, Nw Russia · M 6
- Greece-Albania
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 1772 GATINE (PARTHENAY) earthquake (Mw 5.0) (1772 CE) happen?
- January 9, 1772 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.