- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- June 7, 1750 CE
- Location:
- Kythira
- Magnitude:
- 6.75 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 6.75
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.2
Other earthquake records of 1750 CE
- Greece, Morea, Cerigo · 2,000 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6 · 37 deaths
- Balkans Nw, Croatia: Rijeka (Fiume)
- Bulgaria, Plovdiv
- France, Tarbes, Lourdes
- Mexico, Colima, Guadalajara, Mexico City
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 1750 Kythira earthquake (Mw 6.8) (1750 CE) happen?
- June 7, 1750 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.