- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 11, 1711 CE
- Location:
- Vrancea
- Magnitude:
- 6.5 Mw
- Depth:
- 120 km
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):
Other earthquake records of 1711 CE
- Seionaikai, Japan · Ms 6.7 · 1,000 deaths
- Japan, Mimasaka · 4 deaths
- Indonesia, Banda Sea · Ms 7 · 2 deaths
- France, Moncontour, Loudun
- Italy · Mw 4.16
- Mexico, Mexico City, Colima, Guadalajara
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 1711 Vrancea earthquake (Mw 6.5) (1711 CE) happen?
- October 11, 1711 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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