- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- July 27, 1751 CE
- Location:
- Appennino umbro-marchigiano
- Magnitude:
- 6.35 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 6.35
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.12
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.38
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.4
- AHEAD: Mw 4.43
Other earthquake records of 1751 CE
- Japan, Honshu: Nw · Ms 6.6 · 2,100 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6.8 · 900 deaths
- Chile, Concepcion, Chillan, Talca, Tutuben, Curico · Ms 8.5 · 65 deaths
- Italy, Gualdo, Nocera
- Greece, Samos Island
- Colombia, Popayan
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 1751 Appennino umbro-marchigiano earthquake (Mw 6.3) (1751 CE) happen?
- July 27, 1751 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.
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