- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 20, 1696 CE
- Location:
- Modica
- Magnitude:
- 4.43 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 4.43
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.4
Other earthquake records of 1696 CE
- Iran, St Thaddeus
- Greece, S
- Myanmar (Burma), Ava (Innwa)
- Turkey · Mw 6.32
- Italy · Mw 4.4
- Zakynthos · Mw 6.5
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 1696 Modica earthquake (Mw 4.4) (1696 CE) happen?
- April 20, 1696 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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