- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 26, 1770 CE
- Location:
- Pays De Caux (Veules)
- Magnitude:
- 3.36 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 3.36
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.57
Other earthquake records of 1770 CE
- Haiti, Port-Au-Prince · Mw 7.5 · 200 deaths
- Philippines, Manila
- Japan, Morioka · M 7.4
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 5.5
- Indonesia, Sumatra: · Ms 7
- Greece, St Maura · Mw 6.2
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 1770 PAYS DE CAUX (VEULES) earthquake (Mw 3.4) (1770 CE) happen?
- February 26, 1770 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.