- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August, 1723 CE
- Location:
- Fennoscandia, Baltics, Kola Peninsula and adjacent waters
- Magnitude:
- 3.65 Mw
- Depth:
- 27 km
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 3.65
- AHEAD: Mw 3.8
Other earthquake records of 1723 CE
- Greece · Mw 6.7
- Italy · Mw 4.4
- 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 Fennoscandia, Baltics, Kola Peninsula and adjacent waters earthquake (Mw 3.6) (1723 CE) happen?
- August, 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.