- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 13, 1759 CE
- Location:
- France
- Magnitude:
- 4.5 Mw
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 4.5
- AHEAD: Mw 4.11
Other earthquake records of 1759 CE
- Lebanon-Syria, Baalbec, Syria: Damascus, Antioch · Ms 7.4 · 30,000 deaths
- Israel, Zefat (Safed) · Ms 6.6 · 2,000 deaths
- Greece-Bulgaria, Thessaloniki, Bulgaria: Plovdiv
- Mexico, Jorullo
- Greece
- Italy, Pinerolo
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 1759 France earthquake (Mw 4.5) (1759 CE) happen?
- May 13, 1759 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.