- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 18, 1756 CE
- Location:
- Germany
- Magnitude:
- 3.81 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.81
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.2
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.1
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.87
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.53
Other earthquake records of 1756 CE
- Spain · Mw 3.66
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Germany · Mw 4.5
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Portugal, Lisbon
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 1756 Germany earthquake (Mw 3.8) (1756 CE) happen?
- February 18, 1756 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.