- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 10, 1720 CE
- Location:
- Alpi Apuane
- Magnitude:
- 3.97 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 3.97
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.93
Other earthquake records of 1720 CE
- India, Delhi
- Azores, Sao Miguel (San Miguel)
- Azores, Atlantic
- Switzerland
- Taiwan, Tainan · Ms 5.5
- China, Hebei Province · Ms 6.8
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 1720 Alpi Apuane earthquake (Mw 4.0) (1720 CE) happen?
- January 10, 1720 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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