- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- June 12, 1701 CE
- Location:
- Vrancea
- Magnitude:
- 7.1 Mw
- Depth:
- 150 km
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 7.1
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.1
Other earthquake records of 1701 CE
- Mexico, Oaxaca
- Albania · Mw 6.06
- Germany · Mw 3.81
- Albania · Mw 6.66
- Germany · Mw 3.81
- Haiti, Leogane, Petit Goave
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 1701 Vrancea earthquake (Mw 7.1) (1701 CE) happen?
- June 12, 1701 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.