- 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
- Japan, Sanriku, Rikuzen, Rikuchu · Ms 8.3 · 745 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province: Near Qianning · Ms 6 · 200 deaths
- Japan, Aomori · Ms 6.9 · 12 deaths
- Italy · Mw 5.33
- Azores, Flores
- Haiti, Santo Domingo (St Domingue)
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.