- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 3, 1716 CE
- Location:
- Algeria
- Magnitude:
- 7 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- NOAA_SIGEQ
Other earthquake records of 1716 CE
- Algeria, Algiers · 20,000 deaths
- Peru, Pueblo De Torata In Tacna · M 8.8
- Peru · M 8.6
- Mexico, Baja California
- China, S Xinjiang: Aksu, Balkhash · Ms 7.5
- Algeria, Algiers
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 1716 Algeria earthquake (Mw 7.0) (1716 CE) happen?
- February 3, 1716 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.