- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 14, 1702 CE
- Location:
- Beneventano-Irpinia
- Magnitude:
- 6.56 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 6.56
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.86
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.56
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.86
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.86
Other earthquake records of 1702 CE
- Italy, Benevento · 150 deaths
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Turkey · Mw 7
- Italy · Mw 4.86
- Italy · Mw 6.56
- Martinique
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 1702 Beneventano-Irpinia earthquake (Mw 6.6) (1702 CE) happen?
- March 14, 1702 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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