- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 13, 1756 CE
- Location:
- Rhodos
- Magnitude:
- 7.5 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 7.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.5
Other earthquake records of 1756 CE
- Spain · Mw 3.66
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Germany · Mw 4.5
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Portugal, Lisbon
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 1756 Rhodos earthquake (Mw 7.5) (1756 CE) happen?
- February 13, 1756 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.