- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 20, 1718 CE
- Location:
- Sicilia orientale
- Magnitude:
- 5.27 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 5.27
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.25
Other earthquake records of 1718 CE
- China, Gansu Province · Ms 7.5 · 73,000 deaths
- Italy · Mw 5.25
- Turkey · Mw 6.13
- Italy · Mw 4.16
- Italy · Mw 4.4
- Cyprus · Mw 6.27
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 1718 Sicilia orientale earthquake (Mw 5.3) (1718 CE) happen?
- February 20, 1718 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.