- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 1, 1761 CE
- Location:
- SW. Cabo San Vicente
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
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.7
Other earthquake records of 1761 CE
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6 · 120 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6 · 50 deaths
- Portugal, Lisbon, Porto · Ms 8.5 · 25 deaths
- Spain · Mw 3.96
- Morocco · Mw 5.2
- Russia, Mongolia · M 7.7
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 1761 SW. Cabo San Vicente earthquake (deprem) (1761 CE) happen?
- April 1, 1761 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.