- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 23, 1730 CE
- Magnitude:
- 4.86 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 4.86
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.04
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.86
- AHEAD: Mw 6.03
Other earthquake records of 1730 CE
- China, Beijing · Ms 6.5 · 658 deaths
- Italy, Norcia · 200 deaths
- Chile, Valparaiso · Mw 9.1 · 5 deaths
- Italy, Massa, Carrara
- Azores, Luz
- Philippines, Tayabas, Laguna
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 1730 earthquake (Mw 4.9) (1730 CE) happen?
- October 23, 1730 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.