- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 21, 1742 CE
- Location:
- Trikala
- Magnitude:
- 6.57 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 6.57
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.7
Other earthquake records of 1742 CE
- Greece, Zakynthos · Mw 6.6 · 120 deaths
- Greece, S
- Russia, Kuril Islands · M 7.5
- Chile, Concepcion
- Italy · Mw 4.87
- Russia, Lake Baykal (Baikal) · M 7.7
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 1742 Trikala earthquake (Mw 6.6) (1742 CE) happen?
- February 21, 1742 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.