- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 20, 1733 CE
- Location:
- Italy, Ancona
- Magnitude:
- 6 Mw
- Intensity (MMI):
- 8
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):
Other earthquake records of 1733 CE
- Ethiopia, Eritrea
- Belgium and Luxembourg · Mw 4.2
- Germany · Mw 4.61
- Italy · Mw 4.16
- Italy · Mw 3.93
- China, Yunnan Province: Dongchuan · Ms 7.5
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 1733 CE Earthquake — Italy, Ancona happen?
- October 20, 1733 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.