- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- November 18, 1727 CE
- Location:
- Caucasus
- Magnitude:
- 6.58 Mw
- Depth:
- 15 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 6.58
- NOAA_SIGEQ
Other earthquake records of 1727 CE
- Iran, Tabriz · 77,000 deaths
- Martinique
- North Korea, Hamhung · M 5.7
- Italy, Sciacca · Ms 5.2
- Massachusetts, New Hampshire · M 5.6
- Mexico, Mexico City, Oaxaca
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 1727 Caucasus earthquake (Mw 6.6) (1727 CE) happen?
- November 18, 1727 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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