- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 5, 1786 CE
- Location:
- Greece
- Magnitude:
- 6.8 Mw
- Depth:
- 0 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.8
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- AHEAD: Mw 6.52
Other earthquake records of 1786 CE
- China, Sichuan Province: S Of Kangding · Ms 7.5 · 435 deaths
- Greece, Corfu (Kerkira) · 120 deaths
- Italy, Sicily, Melazzo
- China, Xinjiang · Ms 6
- Italy · Mw 5.1
- Venezuela, Merida
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 1786 Greece earthquake (Mw 6.8) (1786 CE) happen?
- February 5, 1786 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.