- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 26, 1796 CE
- Location:
- SE Mediterranean area
- Magnitude:
- 6.69 Mw
- Depth:
- 20 km
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 6.69
- NOAA_SIGEQ
Other earthquake records of 1796 CE
- Syria, Al-Ladhiqiyah (Latakia) · 1,500 deaths
- Italy, Casamicciola · 7 deaths
- Portugal · Mw 4.56
- Philippines, Luzon: Pangasinan, Baguio, Zambales
- Chile, Copiapo, Vallenar, Huasco, Coquimbo · M 7.7
- Colombia, N Santander, Pamplona
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 1796 SE Mediterranean area earthquake (Mw 6.7) (1796 CE) happen?
- April 26, 1796 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.