- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- June 27, 1757 CE
- Magnitude:
- 6.42 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 6.42
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.68
Other earthquake records of 1757 CE
- Italy, Siracusa (Syracuse) · 10,000 deaths
- Morocco, Sale, Cape Cantin · 3,000 deaths
- Azores, Sao Jorge · 1,053 deaths
- Ecuador, Cotopaxi, Tungurahua, Latacunga · M 7 · 1,000 deaths
- Italy, Calabria, Cosenza
- Balkans Nw, Croatia
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 1757 earthquake (Mw 6.4) (1757 CE) happen?
- June 27, 1757 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.