- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 13, 1791 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 6.14 Mw
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 6.14
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- AHEAD: Mw 6.11
Other earthquake records of 1791 CE
- Greece, Zante, Gastuni · Ms 7 · 80 deaths
- Italy, Monteleone, Soriano Calabro, Capri · 15 deaths
- Iran, Khot, Tabriz, Rezaiyeh, Khaneh, Van, Erzerum
- Russia, Kamchatka · Ms 6.8
- Japan, Osaka Bay · Ms 6.5
- Morocco, Melilla
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 1791 Italy earthquake (Mw 6.1) (1791 CE) happen?
- October 13, 1791 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.