- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 18, 1733 CE
- Location:
- Taunus (Mayence)
- Magnitude:
- 4.9 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 4.9
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.61
Other earthquake records of 1733 CE
- Ethiopia, Eritrea
- Italy, Ancona · Mw 6
- Belgium and Luxembourg · Mw 4.2
- Germany · Mw 4.61
- Italy · Mw 4.16
- China, Yunnan Province: Dongchuan · Ms 7.5
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 1733 TAUNUS (MAYENCE) earthquake (Mw 4.9) (1733 CE) happen?
- May 18, 1733 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.