- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 9, 1772 CE
- Location:
- France
- Magnitude:
- 5.7 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
Other earthquake records of 1772 CE
- France, Clansayes, St Raphael
- Japan, Sanriku, Rikuzen, Rikuchu · M 7.4
- Turkey, Foca
- Portugal, Lisbon
- Kola Peninsula, Nw Russia · M 6
- Greece-Albania
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 1772 France earthquake (Mw 5.7) (1772 CE) happen?
- January 9, 1772 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.