- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 12, 1730 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 6.04 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.04
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.86
- AHEAD: Mw 4.86
- AHEAD: Mw 6.03
Other earthquake records of 1730 CE
- China, Beijing · Ms 6.5 · 658 deaths
- Italy, Norcia · 200 deaths
- Chile, Valparaiso · Mw 9.1 · 5 deaths
- Italy, Massa, Carrara
- Azores, Luz
- Philippines, Tayabas, Laguna
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 1730 Italy earthquake (Mw 6.0) (1730 CE) happen?
- May 12, 1730 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.