- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 17, 1667 CE
- Location:
- Caucasus
- Magnitude:
- 6.13 Mw
- Depth:
- 30 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):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.13
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.45
Other earthquake records of 1667 CE
- Azerbaijan, Shemakha (Samaxi) · Ms 6.9 · 80,000 deaths
- Iran, Shirvan, Shamkha · 12,000 deaths
- Balkans Nw, Croatia: Dubrovnik: Ragusa · Ms 7.2 · 5,000 deaths
- Mexico, Puebla
- Iran, Lahijan
- Jamaica
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 1667 Caucasus earthquake (Mw 6.1) (1667 CE) happen?
- December 17, 1667 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.
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