- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 21, 1713 CE
- Location:
- Melilla
- Magnitude:
- 4.25 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 4.25
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4
Other earthquake records of 1713 CE
- China, Yunnan Province: S Of Xundian · Ms 6.8 · 2,100 deaths
- India, Arunachal, Bhutan
- Hungary · Mw 3.53
- Morocco · Mw 4
- Italy · Mw 4.4
- China, Sichuan Province: Diexi, Maoxian · Ms 6.5
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 1713 Melilla earthquake (Mw 4.3) (1713 CE) happen?
- October 21, 1713 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.