- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 13, 1707 CE
- Location:
- Thera
- Magnitude:
- 5.65 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 5.65
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6
Other earthquake records of 1707 CE
- Japan, Nankaido · Ms 8.4 · 5,000 deaths
- Japan, Enshunada · Ms 8.4 · 2,000 deaths
- Peru, Cuzco · M 5.8 · 160 deaths
- Italy · Mw 5.21
- El Salvador, San Salvador
- Turkey, Kars
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 1707 Thera earthquake (Mw 5.7) (1707 CE) happen?
- September 13, 1707 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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