- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 7, 1668 CE
- Location:
- Caucasus
- Magnitude:
- 6.32 Mw
- Depth:
- 30 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 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: M 6
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.19
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.32
Other earthquake records of 1668 CE
- China, Shandong Province · Ms 8.5 · 42,578 deaths
- Turkey · Ms 6.6 · 17,500 deaths
- Azerbaijan, Shemakha (Semacha) · M 6 · 7,000 deaths
- North Korea, Yellow Sea · Ms 6.4
- Pakistan, Indus Delta, India: Samawani (Samaji)
- Iran, Tabriz
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 1668 Caucasus earthquake (Mw 6.3) (1668 CE) happen?
- May 7, 1668 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.