- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- September 9, 1799 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 5.1 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 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
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.18
- AHEAD: Mw 5.11
- AHEAD: Mw 6.2
Other earthquake records of 1799 CE
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6.5 · 2,000 deaths
- France, Machecoul, Bouin, St Gilles, Nantes
- Italy, Camerino
- Italy, Camerino
- Uzbekistan, Uzgut · M 6
- Colombia, Cartago · Ms 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 1799 Italy earthquake (Mw 5.1) (1799 CE) happen?
- September 9, 1799 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.