- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- November 29, 1732 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 6.75 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 6.75
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- AHEAD: Mw 6.72
Other earthquake records of 1732 CE
- Italy, Ariano, Lucanie, Avellino · 1,940 deaths
- Japan, Kujukuri Beach · Ms 6.5
- Iceland, Southern Lowland
- Spain · Mw 3.96
- Italy · Mw 4.65
- S. Mexico
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 1732 Italy earthquake (Mw 6.8) (1732 CE) happen?
- November 29, 1732 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.