- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 27, 1700 CE
- Location:
- The 1700 Cascadia Earthquake
- Magnitude:
- 9 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):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 9
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 9
Other earthquake records of 1700 CE
- Japan, Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture · Ms 7 · 1,000 deaths
- Cascadia Subduction Zone · Ms 9
- Italy · Mw 4.86
- Italy · Mw 5.7
- Croatia · Mw 5.29
- Slovakia · Mw 4.6
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 9.0 - The 1700 Cascadia Earthquake (1700 CE) happen?
- January 27, 1700 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.