1793 Portugal earthquake (Mw 4.6) (1793 CE)

Earthquake · Portugal · May 2, 1793 CE

Type:
Earthquake
Date:
May 2, 1793 CE
Location:
Portugal
Magnitude:
4.56 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 4.56
  • AHEAD: Mw 4.46

Other earthquake records of 1793 CE

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 1793 Portugal earthquake (Mw 4.6) (1793 CE) happen?
May 2, 1793 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.

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