- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 20, 1202 CE
- Location:
- SE Mediterranean area
- Magnitude:
- 7.01 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):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.01
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.6
Other earthquake records of 1202 CE
- Syria, Southwestern · Ms 7.6 · 30,000 deaths
- China, Fujian Province: Kien Nan Chan
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 1202 SE Mediterranean area earthquake (Mw 7.0) (1202 CE) happen?
- May 20, 1202 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.