- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 23, 1785 CE
- Location:
- Caucasus
- Magnitude:
- 5.48 Mw
- Depth:
- 16 km
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 5.48
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.15
Other earthquake records of 1785 CE
- Greece, Patrai (Patras), Zakynthos (Zante) · 38 deaths
- China, Gansu Province: Huihuipu · Ms 6 · 36 deaths
- Colombia, Bogota, Engativa, Caxica, Soacha · 12 deaths
- Caucasus · Mw 5.15
- Greece · Mw 6.4
- Greece · Mw 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 1785 Caucasus earthquake (Mw 5.5) (1785 CE) happen?
- February 23, 1785 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.