- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 14, 1704 CE
- Location:
- Riviera Ligure
- Magnitude:
- 4.2 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
Other earthquake records of 1704 CE
- Japan, N Of Nosiro · 58 deaths
- Greece · Mw 6.2 · 43 deaths
- Italy · Mw 4.16
- France · Mw 5.3
- China, Shaanxi Province: Longxian · Ms 6
- China, Hebei Province: Dongguang, Cangxian · Ms 5.5
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 1704 Riviera Ligure earthquake (Mw 4.2) (1704 CE) happen?
- May 14, 1704 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.