- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- March 20, 1738 CE
- Location:
- Slovenia
- Magnitude:
- 4.5 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 4.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ: ML 5.1
- AHEAD: Mw 4.72
Other earthquake records of 1738 CE
- China, Qinghai Province · Ms 6.5 · 336 deaths
- Italy · Mw 5.1
- Balkans Nw, Croatia: Medimurje · ML 5.1
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- China, Sichuan Province · Ms 5.5
- Greece, Milos Island: Zefiria · Ms 6.5
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 1738 Slovenia earthquake (Mw 4.5) (1738 CE) happen?
- March 20, 1738 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.