- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- July 4, 1727 CE
- Location:
- Sciacca
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 5.2
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.64
- AHEAD: Mw 4.62
Other earthquake records of 1727 CE
- Iran, Tabriz · 77,000 deaths
- Martinique
- North Korea, Hamhung · M 5.7
- Italy, Sciacca · Ms 5.2
- Massachusetts, New Hampshire · M 5.6
- Mexico, Mexico City, Oaxaca
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 1727 Sciacca earthquake (deprem) (1727 CE) happen?
- July 4, 1727 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.
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