- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 27, 1722 CE
- Location:
- Algarve
- Magnitude:
- 6.5 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 6.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.9
Other earthquake records of 1722 CE
- Greece, Lefkada: Damiliani, Athani, Hagios Petros · Mw 6
- Portugal, Tavira, Algarve
- Indonesia, Java: Djakarta (Jakarta)
- Greece · Mw 6.4
- Caucasus · Mw 4.89
- Spain · Mw 4.6
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 1722 Algarve earthquake (Mw 6.5) (1722 CE) happen?
- December 27, 1722 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.