- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 22, 1693 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 4.16 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
Other earthquake records of 1693 CE
- Italy, Sicily, Calabria, Catania · Ms 6 · 60,000 deaths
- Italy, Sicily, Calabria · Mw 7.4 · 54,000 deaths
- Italy · Mw 7.32
- Italy · Mw 6.07
- Italy · Mw 5.27
- Cuba, Havana
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 1693 Italy earthquake (Mw 4.2) (1693 CE) happen?
- February 22, 1693 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.