1693 Pietralunga earthquake (Mw 4.2) (1693 CE)

Name: 1693 Pietralunga earthquake (Mw 4.2) (1693 CE)
Start: 1693
Location: Pietralunga

Type:: Earthquake
Date:: February 22, 1693 CE
Location:: Pietralunga
Magnitude:: 4.2 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 4.2
EMEC_2021: Mw 4.16
EMEC_2021: Mw 4.16
EMEC_2021: Mw 4.85
AHEAD: Mw 4.84
AHEAD: Mw 4.14

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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 1693 Pietralunga earthquake (Mw 4.2) (1693 CE) happen?: February 22, 1693 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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