- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 27, 1681 CE
- Location:
- Vrancea
- Magnitude:
- 5.9 Mw
- Depth:
- 110 km
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):
Other earthquake records of 1681 CE
- South Korea, Yangyang, Sanchok · M 7
- Indonesia, Sumatra: Mentawai Islands
- Greece · Mw 7
- Germany · Mw 4.2
- Switzerland · Mw 5.1
- Chile · Ms 7.5
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 1681 Vrancea earthquake (Mw 5.9) (1681 CE) happen?
- December 27, 1681 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.