- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 5, 1762 CE
- Location:
- France
- Magnitude:
- 4 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
- AHEAD: Mw 4.35
Other earthquake records of 1762 CE
- Bangladesh, Chittagong, Dacca, Arracan · 200 deaths
- Italy · Mw 5.14
- Italy · Mw 3.7
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Italy · Mw 3.5
- Japan, Nw. Honshu I. (Sado) · Ms 6.6
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 1762 France earthquake (Mw 4.0) (1762 CE) happen?
- May 5, 1762 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.