- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- July 12, 1873 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 5.38 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.38
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4.47
- AHEAD: Mw 4.4
- AHEAD: Mw 5.37
Other earthquake records of 1873 CE
- El Salvador, Santa Tomas, San Vicente · 800 deaths
- El Salvador, Salvador, San Vicente · 300 deaths
- Italy, Bellunese · 55 deaths
- Italy, Sora, Donato
- France, Chateauneuf-Du-Rhone, Donzere, Viviers
- Greece, Vathy-Chora (Samos)
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 1873 Italy earthquake (Mw 5.4) (1873 CE) happen?
- July 12, 1873 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.