- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 22, 1723 CE
- Location:
- Greece
- Magnitude:
- 6.7 Mw
- Depth:
- 0 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 6.7
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6
- AHEAD: Mw 6.32
- AHEAD: Mw 6.07
Other earthquake records of 1723 CE
- Italy · Mw 4.4
- Fennoscandia, Baltics, Kola Peninsula and adjacent waters · Mw 3.65
- Italy · Mw 4.4
- Hungary · Mw 3.53
- Ciociaria · Mw 4.53
- Greece, Lefkada · Mw 6
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 1723 Greece earthquake (Mw 6.7) (1723 CE) happen?
- February 22, 1723 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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