- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 10, 1230 CE
- Location:
- Vrancea deep
- Magnitude:
- 7.3 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 7.3
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.3
Other earthquake records of 1230 CE
- Austria · Mw 4.91
- Italy · Mw 4.4
- Romania · Mw 7.3
- Reggio Calabria · Mw 4.43
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 1230 Vrancea deep earthquake (Mw 7.3) (1230 CE) happen?
- May 10, 1230 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.