- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 6, 1858 CE
- Location:
- 82 Balk.reg.
- Magnitude:
- 5.53 Mw
- Depth:
- 5 km
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):
- AHEAD: Mw 5.53
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 6.47
- EMEC_2021: Mw 3.82
- AHEAD: Mw 5.36
- AHEAD: Mw 6.17
Other earthquake records of 1858 CE
- Japan, Hida: N · 203 deaths
- Greece, Vieille, Korinthos, Hexamilia · 19 deaths
- Albania, Delvinon, Berati, Greece: Corfu · 12 deaths
- Portugal, Setubal · 6 deaths
- Mexico, Mexico City · Ms 7.5
- Mexico, Oaxaca
Press of the period
Archive newspaper issues published within a few days of this event. These issues may not report the event itself; they offer a direct window onto the press of the period.
- Dagblad van Zuidholland en 's GravenhageOctober 6, 1858open in archive ↗
- Der Wächter an der SauerOctober 6, 1858open in archive ↗
- Courrier du Grand Duché de LuxembourgOctober 6, 1858open in archive ↗
- Luxemburger WortOctober 7, 1858open in archive ↗
- The illustrated Usk observer and Raglan heraldOctober 9, 1858open in archive ↗
Source: Albini, P., Locati, M., Rovida, A. & Stucchi, M. (2013): European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD), INGV, doi:10.6092/ingv.it-ahead · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1858 82 Balk.reg. earthquake (Mw 5.5) (1858 CE) happen?
- October 6, 1858 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Albini, P., Locati, M., Rovida, A. & Stucchi, M. (2013): European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD), INGV, doi:10.6092/ingv.it-ahead; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
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