- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 30, 1776 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 4.16
Other earthquake records of 1776 CE
- Mexico, Guerrero, Morelos, Oaxaca, Mexico City
- Taiwan, Jiayi, Kagi · Ms 5.5
- El Salvador · M 7.9
- Spain · Mw 5.76
- Croatia · Mw 4.91
- Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico: W
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 1776 France earthquake (Mw 4.5) (1776 CE) happen?
- April 30, 1776 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.