- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 18, 1759 CE
- Location:
- Pistoia
- Magnitude:
- 4.2 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 4.2
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.16
Other earthquake records of 1759 CE
- Lebanon-Syria, Baalbec, Syria: Damascus, Antioch · Ms 7.4 · 30,000 deaths
- Israel, Zefat (Safed) · Ms 6.6 · 2,000 deaths
- Greece-Bulgaria, Thessaloniki, Bulgaria: Plovdiv
- Mexico, Jorullo
- Greece
- Italy, Pinerolo
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 1759 Pistoia earthquake (Mw 4.2) (1759 CE) happen?
- March 18, 1759 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.