- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 18, 1773 CE
- Location:
- France
- Magnitude:
- 3.6 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):
Other earthquake records of 1773 CE
- Guatemala, St. Jago · 600 deaths
- Guatemala, Antigua · M 7.5 · 100 deaths
- Spain · Mw 6.7
- Italy · Mw 4.86
- Greece · Mw 6.4
- Morocco, Tangiers
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 1773 France earthquake (Mw 3.6) (1773 CE) happen?
- January 18, 1773 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.