- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- November 4, 1042 CE
- Location:
- Caucasus
- Magnitude:
- 6.32 Mw
- Depth:
- 10 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.32
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- NOAA_SIGEQ: M 7.6
Other earthquake records of 1042 CE
- Iran, Tabriz · M 7.6 · 50,000 deaths
- Iran, Tabriz · 40,000 deaths
- SE Mediterranean area · Mw 7.39
Source: Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001 · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1042 Caucasus earthquake (Mw 6.3) (1042 CE) happen?
- November 4, 1042 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.