- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 26, 1857 CE
- Location:
- Montemurro
- Magnitude:
- 5.34 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):
- AHEAD: Mw 5.34
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- NOAA_SIGEQ: M 6.5
- EMEC_2021: Mw 7.12
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.33
- AHEAD: Mw 7.1
Other earthquake records of 1857 CE
- Italy, Calabria, Montemurro · 10,000 deaths
- Italy, Campania, Potenza · M 6.5 · 10,000 deaths
- Indonesia, Timor Island:: Dilhi, Gera · Ms 7 · 36 deaths
- California, San Luis Obispo · Mw 7.9 · 2 deaths
- Turkey, Hinis · Ms 6.7
- Iran, Tasuj, Azarbaijan
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 1857 Montemurro earthquake (Mw 5.3) (1857 CE) happen?
- December 26, 1857 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.