- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 6, 1683 CE
- Location:
- United Kingdom and adjacent waters
- Magnitude:
- 4.4 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 4.4
- AHEAD: Mw 4.07
Other earthquake records of 1683 CE
- China, Shanxi Province · Ms 7 · 1,001 deaths
- Iran, Lar-Biriz-Banarud
- Italy · Mw 4.4
- Switzerland · Mw 3.5
- Earthquake · Mw 3.5
- Derby · Mw 4.07
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 1683 United Kingdom and adjacent waters earthquake (Mw 4.4) (1683 CE) happen?
- October 6, 1683 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.