- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- June 11, 1738 CE
- Location:
- Vrancea deep
- Magnitude:
- 7.7 Mw
- Depth:
- 130 km
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 7.7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.7
Other earthquake records of 1738 CE
- China, Qinghai Province · Ms 6.5 · 336 deaths
- Slovenia · Mw 4.5
- Balkans Nw, Croatia: Medimurje · ML 5.1
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- China, Sichuan Province · Ms 5.5
- Greece, Milos Island: Zefiria · Ms 6.5
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 1738 Vrancea deep earthquake (Mw 7.7) (1738 CE) happen?
- June 11, 1738 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.