- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 21, 1703 CE
- Location:
- Riviera ligure
- Magnitude:
- 3.74 Mw
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):
- AHEAD: Mw 3.74
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 3.2
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.7
Other earthquake records of 1703 CE
- Italy, Central Apennino, Norcia, L'aquila, Perugia · 40,000 deaths
- Italy, L'aquila (Aquila) · Ms 6.7 · 10,000 deaths
- Japan, Off Sw Boso Peninsula · Ms 8.2 · 5,233 deaths
- Italy, Genoa, Carmagnole · Ms 3.2
- Iran, Qeshm Island (Qishm Island)
- Iran, Hengam Island, Kish Island
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 1703 Riviera ligure earthquake (Mw 3.7) (1703 CE) happen?
- December 21, 1703 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.