- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 27, 1700 CE
- Location:
- Cascadia Subduction Zone
- Magnitude:
- 9 Ms
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):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 9
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 9
Other earthquake records of 1700 CE
- Japan, Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture · Ms 7 · 1,000 deaths
- Italy · Mw 4.86
- Italy · Mw 5.7
- Croatia · Mw 5.29
- Slovakia · Mw 4.6
- Črnomelj · Mw 5.35
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1700 CE Earthquake — Cascadia Subduction Zone happen?
- January 27, 1700 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.