- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 7, 1789 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 5.1 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 5.1
- AHEAD: Mw 5.11
Other earthquake records of 1789 CE
- Italy, Citta Di Castello, Sansepolcro · 500 deaths
- China, Shaanxi Province: Tongguan · Ms 5
- Brazil, Cananeia · Mb 3.7
- Germany · Mw 3.81
- Serbia / Montenegro · Mw 5.61
- China, Yunnan Province: Tonghai, Huaning · Ms 6.5
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 1789 Italy earthquake (Mw 5.1) (1789 CE) happen?
- February 7, 1789 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.