- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 6, 1683 CE
- Location:
- Derby
- Magnitude:
- 4.07 Mw
- Depth:
- 20 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 4.07
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.4
Other earthquake records of 1683 CE
- China, Shanxi Province · Ms 7 · 1,001 deaths
- Iran, Lar-Biriz-Banarud
- Italy · Mw 4.4
- United Kingdom and adjacent waters · Mw 4.4
- Switzerland · Mw 3.5
- Earthquake · Mw 3.5
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 1683 Derby earthquake (Mw 4.1) (1683 CE) happen?
- October 6, 1683 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.