- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 5, 1762 CE
- Location:
- Bas-Plateaux Dauphinois (La Verpilliere)
- Magnitude:
- 4.35 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 4.35
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4
Other earthquake records of 1762 CE
- Bangladesh, Chittagong, Dacca, Arracan · 200 deaths
- Italy · Mw 5.14
- Italy · Mw 3.7
- France · Mw 4
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Japan, Nw. Honshu I. (Sado) · Ms 6.6
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 1762 BAS-PLATEAUX DAUPHINOIS (LA VERPILLIERE) earthquake (Mw 4.3) (1762 CE) happen?
- May 5, 1762 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.