- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 31, 1779 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 4.16 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):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.16
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.22
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.16
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.16
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.7
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.59
Other earthquake records of 1779 CE
- Iran, Tabriz · M 6.5 · 10,000 deaths
- Slovakia · Mw 4.8
- Spain · Mw 3.66
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Switzerland · Mw 3.5
- Greece · Mw 6.3
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 1779 Italy earthquake (Mw 4.2) (1779 CE) happen?
- December 31, 1779 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.